Xinbeitou metro station

Xinbeitou metro station
Xinbeitou metro station
Chinese name
Chinese	新北投站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnběitóu Zhàn
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄢˋ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Sîn-pet-thèu Cham
Japanese name
Kanji	新北投駅
Kana	しんほくとうえき
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Shin-hokutō Eki

Xinbeitou

新北投
Xinbeitou; 新北投
	Xinbeitou station exterior
General information
Location	No. 700, Daye Rd.; Beitou, Taipei; Taiwan
Coordinates	25°08′13″N 121°30′09″E / 25.136956°N 121.502368°E
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System;
Line(s)	Red Line: Xinbeitou Branch (R22A);
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	R22A
History
Opened	1 April 1916 (as TRA station)
Closed	15 July 1988 (as TRA station)
Rebuilt	28 March 1997 (as Taipei Metro station)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Hsin Peitou (1997-2003)
Passengers
	12,477 daily (December 2020)
Rank	89 out of 109
Services

The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou Branch Line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

The two-level, elevated station features an island platform and one exit.^[2] The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot springs, such as Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Plum Garden, Ketaglan Culture Center, Beitou Hot Springs, Beitou Park and Sushi Express restaurant.

History

The station originally opened as the terminus for the Shin-hokutō Line as "Shin-hokutō Station" on 1 April 1916. It reopened on 1937 after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration. Later on, on 15 July 1988, the service was ceased with the discontinuation of Tamsui and Xinbeitou Line.

Station layout

2F	Platform 2	Red Line Not in use
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 1	← Red Line toward Beitou (R22 terminus)
1F (Street Level)	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to Changhua for display at the Taiwan Folk Village. On 1 April 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in Beitou.^[3]

It was later reopened on 28 March 1997 with the opening of the Xinbeitou Branch Line.

There was a knife attack injuring 1 police officer on 29 March 2016.^[4]