Zhongshan metro station

Zhongshan metro station
Zhongshan metro station
Chinese	中山站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōngshān Zhàn
Bopomofo	ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄢㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Chung1-shan1 Chan4
Tongyong Pinyin	Jhongshan Jhàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Chûng-sân Cham
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tiong-san Chām

Zhongshan

R11 / G14 中山
Zhongshan; R11 / G14 中山
	Green Line platform
General information
Location	No.16, Nanjing W. Rd; Zhongshan and Datong, Taipei; Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System;
Line(s)	Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R11); Songshan–Xindian Line (G14);
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	28 March 1997
Passengers
	91,209 daily (December 2020); (Ranked of 109)

The Taipei Metro Zhongshan station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn, formerly transliterated as Chungshan Station until 2003) is a station on the Tamsui Line, located on the border of Zhongshan and Datong districts, Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer station between the Tamsui Line and Songshan Line. The station opened on 28 March 1997 for traffic on the Tamsui Line, and Songshan Line services opened on 15 November 2014. It is located in the middle of the underground Zhongshan Metro Mall and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store.

Station overview

The station is an underground structure with an island platform and four exits when Tamsui Line opened.^[2] It is located at the intersection of Nanjing West Rd. and the Metro Park (near Chengde Rd. and Zhongshan North Rd.). It is also a transfer station with the Songshan Line.

The Songshan Line station added two additional exits and renovated two existing exits.^[3] The station is a four-level, underground station. The Songshan Line station is 26 m (85 ft) deep and 176 m (577 ft) long and 23 m (75 ft) meters wide.

Public Art

Note: Exit 4 was recently reconstructed with transparent, self-cleaning glass to better integrate with nearby department stores.^[4] The new Songshan Line station has a theme of "Happy Transit".

History

The station was opened on 28 March 1997, as a terminus station of the Tamsui Line until 25 December 1997. Later on, on 15 November 2014, Songshan Line opened. On 20 July 2015, there was a knife attack injuring four.^[5]

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Entrance/Exit, Metro Park
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates

		Zhongshan Art Corridor, Zhongshan Metro Mall (south side of station) Restroms (inside mall)
B2	Platform 1	← Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R12 Shuanglian)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R10 Taipei Main Station) →
B3	Passage Level	Escalators, elevators to concourse and platform levels
B4	Platform 3	← Songshan–Xindian Line toward Songshan (G15 Songjiang Nanjing)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 4	→ Songshan–Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G13 Beimen) →

Other metro services

The station is an entrance to the Zhongshan Metro Mall, connecting (between this station and Shuanglian station).

Preceding station	Taipei Metro			Following station
Shuanglian towards Tamsui or Beitou		Tamsui–Xinyi line		Taipei Main Station towards Xiangshan or Daan
Songjiang Nanjing towards Xindian or Taipower Building		Songshan–Xindian line		Beimen towards Songshan