Formosa Boulevard Station
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Formosa Boulevard
美麗島  |
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Formosa Boulevard Station Exit 3
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Sinsing, Kaohsiung Taiwan |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms (upper level) 1 island platform (lower level) |
| Connections | Bus stop |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Underground |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | September 14, 2008 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 11,551 daily (Jan. 2011) |
| Formosa Boulevard Station | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 美麗島車站 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 美丽岛车站 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 大港埔車站 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大港埔车站 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Měilìdaǒ Chēzhàn |
| Bopomofo | ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ |
| Wade–Giles | Mei3-li4-tao3 Ch'ê1-chan4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Měilìtaǒ Chējhàn |
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| Hokkien POJ | Bí-lē-tó Chhia-chām |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dàgǎngpǔ Chēzhàn |
| Bopomofo | ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄤˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ |
| Wade–Giles | Ta4-gang3-pu3 Ch'ê1chan4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Dàgǎngpǔ Chejhàn |
The Kaohsiung MRT Formosa Boulevard Station (Chinese: 美麗島站; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó-chām) is a metro station located in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung. It is a transfer station between the Red Line and the Orange Line.
Formosa Boulevard Station is named after the Formosa Boulevard project, a remodelling of Kaohsiung's Jhongshan Road in preparation for the 2009 World Games. 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.
The station is a three-level, underground station with an island platform and two side platforms. 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. It was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. It is 30 metres in diameter and covers an area of 2,180 square metres. It is made up of 4,500 glass panels. The dome will be offered as venues for weddings.
Coordinates: 22°37′53.2″N 120°18′7.1″E / 22.631444°N 120.301972°E
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