Cultural Center metro station

Cultural Center

O7 文化中心
Cultural Center; O7 文化中心
	Cultural Center station exit 4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	文化中心車站
Simplified Chinese	文化中心车站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wénhuà Zhōngxīn Chēzhàn
Bopomofo	ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣㄔㄜㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Wên2-hua4 Chung1-hsin1 Ch'ê1chan4
Tongyong Pinyin	Wúnhuà Jhongsin Chejhàn
General information
Location	Sinsing and Lingya, Kaohsiung ; Taiwan
Coordinates	22°37′49″N120°19′03″E / 22.63028°N 120.31750°E
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation ;
Line	Orange line (O7);
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	2008-09-14
Passengers
	5,952 daily (Jan. 2011)
Services
Location
Location

Last updated January 21, 2026

Cultural Center is a station on the Orange line of Kaohsiung MRT on the edge of Sinsing District and Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Station overview

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits.^[2] The station is 199 metres long and is located at the intersection Jhongjheng 2nd Rd and Heping 1st Rd.^[3]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near exits 3)
B2	Platform 1	← KMRT Orange Line toward Hamasen (Sinyi Elementary School)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Wukuaicuo) →

Exits

Exit 1: Jhongjheng 2nd Rd. (west)
Exit 2: Shangyi St., Wufu Junior High School
Exit 3: Kaohsiung Cultural Center, National Kaohsiung Normal University
Exit 4: President Department Store Heping branch ^{[note 1]}, Rainbow Park

Co-located building

The station is intentionally co-located with a building formerly used as a department store.^{[note 1]}

Building
Levels	Status
11	Gym
10	Gym
9	For rent
8	For rent
7	For rent
6	For rent
5	For rent
4	For rent
3	For rent
2	For rent
1	For rent
B1	Parking lot
B2	Parking lot

Around the station

Kaohsiung Cultural Center
National Kaohsiung Normal University
President Department Store
Water Tower Park
Wufu Junior High School

Notes

1 2 The department store was closed and auctioned in 2019. Currently, only the gym on the 10th and 11th floors and the underground parking lot are in operation. ^[4]

↑ The door in the middle of the picture is the entrance to the department store, and the escalator on the left side of the picture leads to the MRT station.

References

↑ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
↑ "文化中心站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ "文化中心站週邊地圖". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ 自由時報電子報 (2024-03-20), "高雄文化中心生活圈商機回春還差大統百貨和平店 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報", 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)), retrieved 2025-10-18, 文化中心生活圈指標性建物大統和平店，2019年封館拍賣後，目前僅剩10至11樓的健身房與地下停車場營業中，附近居民盼能快點恢復往日榮景。[The Datong Heping store, a landmark building in the cultural center's living circle, was closed and auctioned in 2019. Nearby residents hope that it can be restored to its former glory as soon as possible.]

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[a-6] 1 2 The department store was closed and auctioned in 2019. Currently, only the gym on the 10th and 11th floors and the underground parking lot are in operation. ^[4]

[exit4-1] The door in the middle of the picture is the entrance to the department store, and the escalator on the left side of the picture leads to the MRT station.

[kmrtridership-2] "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

[3] "文化中心站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

[4] "文化中心站週邊地圖". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

[m300-5] 自由時報電子報 (2024-03-20), "高雄文化中心生活圈商機回春還差大統百貨和平店 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報", 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)), retrieved 2025-10-18, 文化中心生活圈指標性建物大統和平店，2019年封館拍賣後，目前僅剩10至11樓的健身房與地下停車場營業中，附近居民盼能快點恢復往日榮景。[The Datong Heping store, a landmark building in the cultural center's living circle, was closed and auctioned in 2019. Nearby residents hope that it can be restored to its former glory as soon as possible.]

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