Beitou MRT station
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Beitou
R22 北投  |
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Beitou Station
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| Location | No. 1, Guangming Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan |
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| Platforms | 4 |
| Connections | Bus stop |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Elevated |
| History | |
| Opened | 28 March 1997 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 33,966 daily (2016) (Ranked 46th of 109) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 北投站 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Běitóu Zhàn |
| Bopomofo | ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄢˋ |
| Wade–Giles | Pei3-t'ou2 Chan4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Běitóu Jhàn |
| Hakka | |
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Pet-thèu Cham |
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| Hokkien POJ | Pak-tâu Chām |
The Taipei Metro Beitou Station (formerly Peitou Station until 2003) is a station on Red Line (Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Branch Line), located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.
The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform, two side platforms, and one-sided exit. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. There are several amenities around the station. This include Beitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.
Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui Line and the Xinbeitou Branch Line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.
South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction, and there are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.
The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as Hokutō Station, and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway Line was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988; the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.
Coordinates: 25°07′55″N 121°29′55″E / 25.131901°N 121.498597°E
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