Xingtian Temple metro station

Xingtian Temple metro station
Xingtian Temple metro station
Traditional Chinese	行天宮站
Simplified Chinese	行天宫站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xíngtiān Gōng Zhàn
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Hsing2-t'ian1 Kung1 Chan4
Tongyong Pinyin	Síngtiān Gōng Jhàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Hàng-thiên Kiûng Cham
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hêng-thian Kiong Chām
Tâi-lô	Hîng-thian Kiong Tsām

Xingtian Temple

O09 行天宮
Xingtian Temple; O09 行天宮
	Xingtian Temple station platform
General information
Location	B1, No. 316, Songjiang Rd.; Zhongshan, Taipei; Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System;
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu Line (O09);
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	3 (except B2)
History
Opened	3 November 2010
Passengers
	55,379 daily (December 2020); (Ranked of 109)

The Taipei Metro Xingtian Temple station (Chinese: 行天宮站; pinyin: Xíngtiān Gōng Zhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng-thian Kiong Chām) is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on 3 November 2010. This station is named after the Xingtian Temple, but others include the Xingtian Temple Market and Songjiang Market are also notable.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station has an island platform and has four exits.^[2]^[3] It is located beneath the intersection of Minsheng East Rd. and Jinzhou Street, and opened on 3 November 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Branch Line and the Taipei City section of the Xinzhuang Line.^[4]^[5] The station serves over 15,000 passengers per day and is the busiest station on the Xinzhuang Line.^[6]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 25 meters. It is 157 meters in length and 25 meters wide. It has four entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.^[4] Three of the entrances are integrated with joint development buildings, while the other is connected with an existing sidewalk. Following Dapinglin, Xingtian Temple is only the second station to have three joint development sites.^[7] The station is equipped with platform screen doors.

Public Art

Taking into account the nearby Xingtian Temple, the station has the "Eight Generals" (八家將; bajiajiang) masks and tiles as public art displays. Due to the anticipated passenger traffic through the station, the art displays were constructed out of ceramics for easier maintenance and protection from accidents.^[8]

Preceding station	Taipei Metro			Following station
Zhongshan Elementary School towards Huilong or Luzhou		Zhonghe–Xinlu line		Songjiang Nanjing towards Nanshijiao

References

^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
^ "Xingtian Temple Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
^ "新莊線行天宮站". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
^ ^a ^b "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
^ "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "北捷蘆洲線運量突破百萬人次". UDN. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
^ "新莊線行天宮站聯合開發". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
^ 郭書宏 (2010-07-08). "八家將跳進捷運行天宮站". 人間福報. Retrieved 2010-07-07.