Qiyan metro station

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Qiyan

R21 奇岩
Taipei Metro Logo(Logo Only).svg
Qiyan Station 2024-02-20 (3).jpg
Qiyan station platform
Chinese name
Chinese 奇岩
Literal meaningOdd rock
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Qíyán
Bopomofo ㄑㄧˊ 一ㄢˊ
Wade–Giles Ch'i2-yen2
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Khì-ngàm
Southern Min
Tâi-lô Khî-giâm
General information
LocationNo. 487, Sanhe Street
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by Taipei Metro
Line(s) Taipei Metro Line R.svg Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R21)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened28 March 1997
Passengers
daily (December 2020) [1]
Rank85 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Logo(Logo Only).svg Taipei Metro Following station
Beitou
Terminus or
towards Tamsui
Tamsui–Xinyi line Qilian
towards Xiangshan or Daan

The Taipei Metro Qiyan station (formerly transliterated as Chiyen Station until 2003) is located in the Beitou District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line (Red Line).

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Station overview

Qiyan station exterior. Qiyan Station.JPG
Qiyan station exterior.

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and one exit. [2] The station is situated between east of Beitou Road, and the beginning of Sanhe Road. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. On trains to Beitou, an announcement is made recommending passengers for stations north of Beitou to change trains at this station since Beitou does not offer same platform transfer between trains terminating at Beitou and trains continuing to Tamsui.

The station name is a historic name of the area that literally means "interesting rock", referring to Junjianyan (Chinese :軍艦岩; pinyin :Jūnjiànyán), a sandstone formation to the east. [3]

Station layout

2FPlatform 1 Taipei Metro Line R.svg Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R22 Beitou)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Taipei Metro Line R.svg Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R20 Qilian)
Street LevelConcourseExit to Hong-gah Museum, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms

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References

  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. "Route Map: Qiyan". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. 李東明. "軍艦岩下的奇岩站". 永遠的北淡線 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 玉山社. pp. 134–137. ISBN   957-8246-32-3.

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