Yuanshan () 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 ...

. It is a station on the . There was a station of the same name on the now-defunct

Tamsui railway line The Tamsui line or Damtsui line () was a railroad branch line located in the cities of Taipei and New Taipei operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA). It connected the city of Taipei with the town of Tamsui. The route is currently ser ...

Station overview

The two-level, elevated station structure with one

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and two exits. The station is situated on the West of Yumen Street, between Kulun Street and Jiuquan Street. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. Notable landmarks are

Taipei Expo Park The Taipei Expo Park () is a multifunctional park in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Park facilities The Taipei Expo Park consists of: * Taipei Children's Recreation Center * Yuanshan Marketplace * Yuanshan Plaza ...

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, The Grand Hotel,

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Headquarters, Yuanshan Park and Keelung River. In anticipation of the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition, this station became the first elevated, high-capacity station in the system with automatic platform gates installed.http://61.222.185.194/?FID=6&CID=47840 台灣新生報 , 防跳軌北捷增3站設月台門

History

This station was opened on 25 October 1901 along the Tamsui Railway Line as . South of the former station was a branch line to the Tatung Steel Factory. Now, it is the site of

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. It was however, closed on 15 July 1988. The

station opened on 28 March 1997.

Station layout

Around the station

Linji Huguo Chan Temple Linji Huguo Chan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Zhongshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. History In 1900, then Japanese Governor of Taiwan Kodama Gentaro (兒玉源太郎), who himself was affiliated with the same sect, requested monks ...

* Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum *

Tatung University Tatung University (TTU/) is a private university in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. It was first founded in 1956 as Tatung Institute of Technology but renamed in 1999 as Tatung University. Currently, Tatung University has four colleges: College ...

References

{{TRTS Line 2 Tamsui–Xinyi line stations Railway stations in Taiwan closed in 1988 Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1997 Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1901