Tucheng Station (Taipei Metro)

For the metro station of the same name in Tianjin, see Tucheng Station (Tianjin Metro).

Tucheng 土城
Tucheng Station Platform
Location	B1F, No. 105, Sec. 1, Jincheng Rd. Tucheng, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 5 (BL38)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	May 31, 2006
Traffic

Passengers	daily (2011)^[1] (Ranked of 89)

Tucheng Station

Chinese

土城站

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Bopomofo	ㄊㄨˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Tucheng Station is a station on the Tucheng Line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei, Taiwan.^[2]

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Concourse	Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates Restrooms (North side, outside fare zone near Exit 3)
B2	Platform 1	← Line 5 towards Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Haishan)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Line 5 towards Dingpu (Terminus) →

Tucheng Station Exit 1.

It is a two-level, underground station with an island platform configuration and has three exits. The station is located underneath Jincheng Rd. at its intersection with Heping Rd.

It is a planned transfer station with the Wanda-Shulin Line, scheduled to open in 2018.^[3]

History

May 31, 2006: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Fuzhong to Yongning.

Public art

Public art for the station consists of a faux archeological piece titled "The Legend of Gold Town". Produced through high-tech means, the piece is displayed similarly to how excavated artifacts are displayed. It depicts historical diversity and the development of the Tucheng area and represent the creativity and local characteristics of Tucheng.^[4]

Exits

Exit 1: Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1
Exit 2: Intersection of Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 and Heping Rd.
Exit 3: Jingcheng Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

Tucheng City Hall
Jincheng Park
De Lin Institute of Technology
Tucheng Elementary School
Tucheng Tung Blossom Park
Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. (between this station and Yongning Station)
Tucheng City Library

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tucheng Station.

↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
↑ "Route Map: Tucheng".
↑ "Third Stage of Taipei MRT (Planned MRT Routes)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
↑ "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Yongning toward Dingpu		Line 5 Tucheng		Haishan toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

Taipei Metro - Line 5

Bannan — (Tucheng / Banqiao / Nangang)

Dingpu Yongning Tucheng Haishan Far Eastern Hospital Fuzhong Banqiao Xinpu Jiangzicui Longshan Temple Ximen■ Taipei Main Station■ Shandao Temple Zhongxiao Xinsheng■ Zhongxiao Fuxing■ Zhongxiao Dunhua Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Taipei City Hall Yongchun Houshanpi Kunyang Nangang Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center■

Coordinates: 25°05′28″N 121°33′35″E / 25.091075°N 121.559834°E / 25.091075; 121.559834

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