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Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
南港展覽館
Taipei Metro
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station 20110226.jpg
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station
Location No. 32, Sec. 1, Nangang Rd.
Nangang, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Taipei Metro Line BR.svg (BR24)
  • Taipei Metro Line BL.svg (BL23)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Elevated/Underground
History
Opened July 4, 2009
Traffic
Passengers 53,891 daily (2016)
(Ranked 23rd of 109)
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station
Traditional Chinese 南港展覽館站
Simplified Chinese 南港展览馆站

The Taipei Metro Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station is located in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan at the south end of Nangang Business Park (north of Nangang Road, Sec. 1). It is a terminal station on both Brown and Blue Line, and serves the Nangang, Neihu, and Xizhi districts.

The station is a three-level, divided into an elevated and underground portion, each serving different lines. The elevated portion of the station serving the medium-capacity Line 1 features an island platform and a platform elevator located on the west side of the concourse level. The station is 125 m (410 ft) long and 26 m (85 ft) wide, while the elevated platform is 93 m (305 ft) long. It is equipped with platform screen doors.

The station is a two-level, underground station high-capacity , and is also equipped with platform screen doors. It has an island platform and is 128 m (420 ft) long and 18.5 m (61 ft) meters wide. The station (serving the Blue Line eastern extension) passes through tunnels belonging to the Taiwan Railway Administration and Taiwan High Speed Rail before terminating at this station. The station is expected to serve as a transfer station for around 200,000 commuters per month. Preliminary inspections began on January 9, 2011, and the extension opened on February 27, 2011. The opening of the station is responsible for increasing the system's ridership by over 16,000 passengers per day.

Before Blue Line portion of the station was completed, the station already served as a transfer station via a free shuttle bus to Nangang Station. The shuttle bus service came to an end with the opening of Blue Line platform.


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