Houyi metro station
Appearance
![]() Houyi station exit 2 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Zuoying, Kaohsiung Taiwan | ||||||||||
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Platforms | One island platform | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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Opened | 2008-03-09 | ||||||||||
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8,467 daily (Jan. 2011)[1] | |||||||||||
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Houyi metro station | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 後驛車站 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 后驿车站 | ||||||||||||
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Houyi is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The character 驛 (Chinese:yì, Japanese: えき, eki) means "station" in Japanese; the station name literally means "(Kaohsiung) rear station".
Station overview
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/KMRT_Houyi_Station_01.jpg/250px-KMRT_Houyi_Station_01.jpg)
The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits.[2] It is 193 metres long and is located at the intersection of Bo-ai 1st Rd. and Chahaer St.[3]
Station layout
Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit |
B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates |
Restrooms (Near exits 2) | ||
B2 | Platform 1 | ← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Kaohsiung Main Station) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Platform 2 | → KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Aozihdi) → |
Exits
- Exit 1: Shihcyuan Elementary School, Administrative Center of Sanmin District
- Exit 2: Sanmin Park, Sanmin Junior High School
- Exit 3: The Heart of Love River, Land Bank
- Exit 4: Bank of Kaohsiung, Suiyuan 2nd St.
Around the station
- Kaohsiung Medical University
- Sanmin Park
- Tower of Light
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Houyi Station.
- ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "後驛站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "後驛站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
External Links
- KRTC Houyi Station(in English, Chinese, and Japanese)
22°38′54″N 120°18′12″E / 22.64833°N 120.30333°E