Formosa Boulevard metro station
Formosa Boulevard 美麗島 | |||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Formosa Boulevard station exit 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 美麗島站 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美丽岛站 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sinsing, Kaohsiung Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms (upper level) 1 island platform (lower level) | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2008-09-14 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 11,551 daily (Jan. 2011)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Formosa Boulevard (Chinese: 美麗島站; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó-chām) is a station of Kaohsiung MRT located in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung. It is the sole interchange station between metro lines in Kaohsiung.[2]
Formosa Boulevard station is named after the Formosa Boulevard project, a remodelling of Kaohsiung's Jhongshan Road in preparation for the 2009 World Games.[3][deprecated source] Formosa Boulevard is in turn named after the Formosa Incident. Transferring from the Red line to the Orange line (or vice versa) takes roughly 4 minutes.
Station Design
The station is a three-level, underground station with an island platform and two side platforms.[4] It is located at the junction of Jhongjheng and Jhongshan Road and has 11 exits. The Orange Line station is 334 metres long, while the Red Line station is 209 metres long.
The station is known for its "Dome of Light", the largest glass work in the world.[5] It was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata.[6] It is 30 metres in diameter and covers an area of 2,180 square metres. It is made up of 4,500 glass panels.[7] The dome will be offered as venues for weddings.[8]
Another spectacular, yet almost unknown, feature of the station are the four glass pedestrian entrances that lead from street level down into the station, designed by renowned Japanese architecture firm, Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates.
Station layout
| Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit, Public art "Prayer" |
| B1 | Concourse | Public art "Dome of Light" |
| Information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near exit 2, 4, 5, 7) | ||
| B2 | ||
| Transit Zone | Connecting with Platform 1, stairs and escalators to the Red Line Platform | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 1 | ← KMRT Orange Line toward Sizihwan (City Council) | |
| Platform 2 | → KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Sinyi Elementary School) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Transit Zone | Connecting with Platform 2, stairs and escalators to the Orange Line Platform | |
| B3 | Platform 1 | ← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Central Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Kaohsiung Main Station) → | |
Around the Station
- Liuhe Night Market
- Kaohsiung General Post Office
- Sinsing Market
- Nanhua Shopping Street
- Kaohsiung Police Department, Sinsing Branch
- Jhongshan and Jhongjheng Road Wedding Street
References
- ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "About the Stations". Kaohsiung rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "高市美麗島大道工程 明年八月展新貌". Epoch Times. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ "美麗島站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Kaohsiung throngs new MRT line". The China Post. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Bonus Taiwan". Bangkok Post. 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Dome of Light focus of rights talks". Taipei Times. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ "Money-losing Kaohsiung MRT system pushing to increase revenues". Taiwan News. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
External links
Kaohsiung Metro - Orange line | |
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