Guting metro station
Taipei metro station | |||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 古亭 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Ancient pavilion | ||||||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | B1F 164-1 Sec 2 Roosevelt Rd Zhongzheng and Da'an, Taipei Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°01′36″N 121°31′22″E / 25.0266°N 121.5228°E | ||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Access available | ||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
Station code | G09, O05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | web | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 24 December 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||||||||||
11 November 1999 | Service to Xindian added | ||||||||||||||||||
30 September 2012 | Zhonghe–Xinlu line added | ||||||||||||||||||
15 November 2014 | Songshan–Xindian line added | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 21.956 million per year[2] ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
Rank | (Ranked 15th of 109) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Guting (Chinese: 古亭, formerly transliterated as Kuting Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3] The defunct Hsintien line also had a station of the same name. However, its location is not the same as the current station.
Station overview
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The station is a three-level, underground structure with two island platforms and nine exits. The two platforms are stacked, allowing for cross-platform interchange between the Songshan–Xindian line and the Zhonghe–Xinlu line. Public art at the station is titled "Chance of Meeting" and features 12 face masks representing contrasts such as day and night, noisy and quiet, time and space, etc.[4] It was selected by international competition and cost NT$4,999,000.
Public art
[edit]The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a Medium titled "Enterprise" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a Small and Medium Enterprise Administration.[5] Along some of the entrance hallways, "Administration" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky.[5] On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Taipei Language Institute have been transformed into abstract elements and institute into two curtains of lines and language surfaces.[5]
Station layout
[edit]Street Level | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
B1 | Concourse | Lobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk |
B2 | Platform 1 | ![]() |
Island platform, doors will open on the right for Songshan-Xindian Line, left for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line | ||
Platform 2 | ![]() | |
B3 | Platform 3 | ←![]() |
Island platform, doors will open on the left for Songshan-Xindian Line, right for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line | ||
Platform 4 | ←![]() |
Around the station
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Route Map: Guting". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ a b c "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-06.