Nangang () is a railway and metro station in

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, Taiwan served by

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is a high-speed railway network in Taiwan, which consists of a single line that runs approximately along the western coast of the island, from the capital Taipei in the north to the southern city of Kaohsiung. Its c ...

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight Rail transport, railway services on of track. Pa ...

and

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 station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the ''1 series''.

History

Nangang Station was originally built during the

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in 1899 to support local industries and the growing population. Since then, the station has been upgraded three times to support tremendous growth: in 1905, in 1966 (due to the KMT moving the ROC government to Taiwan), and in 1986–1987 (to accommodate increased passenger traffic and new cargo traffic).

Expansion

As with most urban train stations in

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, Nangang Station was converted from a surface station to an underground station as part of the TRA's

Taipei Railway Underground Project Since the 1980s, ground level railway facilities in urban areas have been seen as obstacles to road traffic and local development. In 1983, the Executive Yuan tasked the Taipei Railway Underground Project Organisation (TRUPO) with the project to reb ...

, an effort to move existing surface railways from Songshan Station to east of Nangang Station underground to accommodate growing traffic and economic development in Nankang Software Park. Existing TRA platforms were successfully moved underground on 21 September 2008. The 7.6-km tunnel project cost NT$76.5 billion. The

high-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

extension to the station opened for service in 2016. The new station is similar to the then-new

Banqiao Station Banqiao () is a railway and metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR), TRA, Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro. With the exception of the Circular Line, all other tracks and platforms in the station are loca ...

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, which was reconstructed to accommodate underground platforms and

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on the existing station site. The two-level, underground station levels accommodate expanded TRA platforms, new THSR platforms, and new MRT platforms for the Bannan line which was opened on 25 December 2008. It served as the eastern terminal until

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (), also known as TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall or TaiNEX, is a superimposed purpose-built exhibition complex in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan. It consists of two exhibition halls and is located to the northeas ...

Bannan Line platform opened in 2011. On 3 January 2010, Exits 3 and 4 for metro station were closed for construction of a passageway with the TRA station. The entire project was completed in February 2011. Platform screen doors were installed on the Nangang line platforms in August 2015.

Public art

The design of the Taipei Metro portion of the station centers around a "Nostalgia and Technology" theme with aqua green selected to signify an image of a fish pond. Paintings by artist Jimmy Liao are displayed around the station including on the platform walls. Many areas have sandblasted glass installed. On the platform, a piece titled "Rapid Transit Platform, the Transport Dock" displays images on benches to evoke memories of former industries in Nangang.

Station layout

;Taipei Metro Nangang Station

HSR services

Except Service 203 which departs from Taipei, Services 1334 and 696 which terminate at Taipei, and Services 583 and 598 which are local trains from Taichung - Zuoying, all other train services call at Nangang station. The fastest ''1''xx series will travel from Nangang to Zuoying in 105 minutes.

Around the station

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei. Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...

(2.3km to the southeast) * Nanxing Park (next to the station) * National Biotechnology Research Park (1.9km to the southeast) *

Nangang Software Park The Nangang Software Park (NKSP; ) is located in the 87-hectare Nangang Trade and Economic Park, Taipei, Taiwan. It is also known as Nangang Software Industrial Park (), Nangang Industrial Park (), and Nangang Science Park (). Location The Nanga ...

(1km to the northeast) *

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Nangang Branch (700m to the west) *

Taipei Music Center The Taipei Music Center (TMC; ) is a performing arts and cultural venue in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan, including a 5,000-seat concert hall, cultural hall and creative production facilities. Overview City officials announced plans on July 2 ...

(900m to the southwest) * Taipei Municipal Nangang Vocational High School (250m to the north) * Nangang Senior High School (1.2km to the southwest) * Yucheng Junior High School (850m to the northeast) * Nangang Elementary School (700m to the northeast) * Dongxin Elementary School (850m to the northwest)

Notes

References

External links

TRA Nangang StationTaiwan Railways AdministrationTHSR Nangang StationTRTC Route Map & Timetables
{{Bannan line navbox Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration Railway stations in Taipei Bannan line stations Railway stations served by Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1899 Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 2008