Guting (, formerly transliterated as Kuting Station until 2003) is a metro station in

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, Taiwan served by

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 ...

. The defunct Hsintien line also had a station of the same name. However, its location is not the same as the current station.

Station overview

The station is a three-level, underground structure with two

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s and nine exits. The two platforms are stacked, allowing for

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between 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

Zhonghe–Xinlu line The Zhonghe–Xinlu or Orange line (code O) is a metro line in Taipei operated by the Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Zhonghe, Xinzhuang and Luzhou. The line starts at in Zhonghe, passes through central Taipei, then split ...

. Public art at the station is titled "Chance of Meeting" and features 12

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s representing contrasts such as day and night, noisy and quiet, time and space, etc. It was selected by international competition and cost NT$4,999,000.

Public art

The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a Medium titled "Enterprise" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a Small and Medium Enterprise Administration. Along some of the entrance hallways, "Administration" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky. On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Taipei Language Institute have been transformed into abstract elements and institute into two curtains of lines and language surfaces.

Station layout

Around the station

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* Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance * Thome Courtyard

References

{{TRTS Line 4 Songshan–Xindian line stations Zhonghe–Xinlu line stations Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1998

Station overview

Public art

Station layout

Around the station

See also

References