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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 ...
Taipower Building station is a station on the
Xindian Line located on the border in
Taipei
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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 ...
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Station overview
The two-level, underground station has an
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 ...
and five exits.
Some trains from Songshan terminate here and reenter service by utilizing the pocket track south of the station.
History
During initial planning in 1980, the station was to be named Sanzong (三總), after the
Tri-Service General Hospital which has since relocated to
Neihu.
Station layout
Select
Songshan–Xindian line trains terminate here during non-rush hours.
Around the station
*
Taipei Cultural Mosque
* Shida Park
* Taipei Hakka Cultural Park
See also
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List of railway stations in Taiwan
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References
Songshan–Xindian line stations
Taiwan Power Company
Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1999
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