The

Taipei Metro Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapi ...

and

New Taipei Metro New Taipei Metro () is a transit system serving New Taipei City, New Taipei, Taiwan, operated by . The Danhai light rail, Ankeng light rail, and Circular line (New Taipei Metro), Circular line are currently in operation, while the Sanying line i ...

Dapinglin station (formerly transliterated as Ta Pinglin Station until 2003) is located in

Xindian District Xindian District () is an inner city District (Taiwan), district in the southern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. Name Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others ...

New Taipei New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. It is a station on the

Songshan–Xindian line The Songshan–Xindian or Green line (code G) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Songshan and Xindian. Parts of the line runs under the Roosevelt Road, following the route of the former X ...

and the Circular line. __NOTOC__ Circular Line construction at the station began on 8 October 2010.

Station overview

Dapinglin Station platforms Circular line 2020-08-03

This four-level, underground station, has two

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s and five exits. Due to the plans for the Circular line being unknown during construction of the Xindian line, there was no space reserved for the transfer to the future Circular line. This can be noted in today's transfer route at Dapinglin station, where passengers from the

(B2) transferring to the Circular line (B4) or vice versa need to go to the concourse (B1) first before transferring to the other line, whereas at Zhongxiao Xinsheng station, which had reserved space for transferring to the

Xinzhuang line Xinzhuang can refer to the following locations: China * Xinzhuang Station (Shanghai Metro) ;Towns * Xinzhuang, Shanghai (莘庄镇), town in Minhang District * Xinzhuang Subdistrict (新庄街道), Yixing, Jiangsu Written as "辛庄镇": * Xinz ...

during the construction of the Nangang line, can go directly from the Nangang line (B2) to the Xinzhuang line (B3) or vice versa without having to go to the concourse (B1).

Station History

* 11 November 1999: Station opened * 31 January 2020: The circular line opens for service.

Station layout

Around the station

* Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park * Muzha Riverside Park

References

{{Coord, 24.982939, 121.541362, type:railwaystation, display=title Songshan–Xindian line stations Circular line stations (Taipei Metro) Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1999