Xinzhuang metro station

For other stations with the same name, see Xinzhuang Station (disambiguation).

25°02′10″N 121°27′08″E / 25.0361°N 121.4523°E / 25.0361; 121.4523

Xinzhuang O18 新莊
Xinzhuang station platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新莊
Simplified Chinese	新庄
Literal meaning	New Village
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnzhuāng Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄤ Wade–Giles Hsin¹-chuang¹ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn-chông Southern Min Tâi-lô Sin-tsng
General information
Other names	Xinzhuang Temple Street; 新莊廟街
Location	B1, No. 138, Zhongzheng Rd. Xinzhuang, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu Line
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	O18
History
Opened	5 January 2012; 12 years ago (5 January 2012)
Passengers
daily (December 2020)^[1]
Rank	72 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Fu Jen University towards Huilong Zhonghe–Xinlu line Touqianzhuang towards Nanshijiao

The Taipei Metro Xinzhuang station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.^[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.^[3]

Station overview

 

Xinzhuang station public art

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.^[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Zhonghua Rd., in front of Xinzhuang Junior High School.^[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,^[6] but opened earlier for service on 5 January 2012.^[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station was 19.2 m (63 ft). It is 223.8 m (734 ft) in length and 16.15 m (53.0 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) long.^[7] It has two entrances, two accessibility elevators, and two vent shafts.^[4] One of the entrances and vent shafts is integrated into the planned Health Center building.

Design

The theme for the station is "Flying Silk-Weaving Future".^[5]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B2	Platform 1	←   Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O19 Fu Jen University)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O17 Touqianzhuang) →

Exits

• Exit 1: Zhongzheng Rd., near Zhonghua Rd.  
• Exit 2: Zhongzheng Rd., beside the main gate of Xinzhuang Junior High School  

Around the station

• Banqiao 435 Art Zone
• Xinhai Constructed Wetland
• Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium
• Xinzhuang Gymnasium
• Xinzhuang Junior High School
• Xinzhuang District Office
• Xinzhuang Post Office
• New Taipei City Police Department, Xinzhuang Branch
• Xinzhuang St.
• Wusheng Temple
• Xinzhuang Ciyou Temple
• Wenchang Temple
• Xinzhuang Night Market
• Xiaoxiyuan Performance Museum
• Hengyi High School
• Xinzhuang Elementary School
• Guangfu Temple

References

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinzhuang Station (New Taipei).

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. "Xinzhuang". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
3. "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
4. "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
5. "( O2 ) Xinzhuang". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
6. 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通　市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
7. "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.