Fuxinggang metro station

Fuxinggang station (Chinese: 復興崗; pinyin: Fùxīnggāng; formerly transliterated as Fuhsing Kang Station until 2003) is a Taipei Metro station on the Tamsui Line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Fuxinggang

R23 復興崗
Fuxinggang station Entrance
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese復興崗
Simplified Chinese复兴岗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFùxīnggāng
Bopomofoㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄤ
Wade–GilesFu4-hsing1 Kang1
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳFu̍k-hîn-kông
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHo̍k-heng-kang
Tâi-lôHo̍k-hing-kong
General information
LocationNo. 10, Lane 53, Zhongyang North Road, Sec. 3
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated byTaipei Metro
Line(s) Tamsui–Xinyi line (R23)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade
History
Opened28 March 1997
Passengers
7,359 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank105 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Zhongyi
towards Tamsui
Tamsui–Xinyi line Beitou
towards Xiangshan

The name of the station is derived from the nearby Fu Hsing Kang College, a military academy.[2] The Taipei Metro Beitou Depot is located directly south of the station.

Station overview

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Fuxinggang station front.

The station is at-grade with two side platforms connected via skyway and hosts two exits; exit 1 is at grade and faces north towards Zhongyang North Road, while exit 2 is located at the southern end of the skyway and leads into Beitou Depot via a bridge. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

History

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This station was opened temporarily as Shenyunhui Station (Chinese: 省運會車站), a TRA railway station, from October 25 to 31, 1954 for the national sports day event held at Fu Hsing Kang College.[3] The metro station was opened on 28 March 1997.

Station layout

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2F Connecting Level Entrance/Exit, Skyway for Platform Connection
Street Level
Concourse
(to Platform 1)
Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1   Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui (R24 Zhongyi)
Platform 2   Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan (R22 Beitou)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

First and Last Train Timing

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The first and last train timing at Fuxinggang station [4] is as follows:

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon − Fri Sat − Sun and P.H. Daily
R28 Tamsui
06:06
06:06
01:03
R02 Xiangshan
06:02
06:02
00:12

Trivia

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  • The only pedestrian bridge over the tracks of Beitou Depot is located beyond exit 2 of the station with no other access, necessitating travelling through the station (and paying a NT$20 fare if not already in the station) for transit.

References

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  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ 李東明. "復興崗-反攻大陸的故鄉". 永遠的北淡線 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 玉山社. pp. 150–155. ISBN 957-8246-32-3.
  3. ^ "省運大會期間__國立公共資訊圖書館數位典藏服務網". National Library Public Information. 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  4. ^ "Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains". Retrieved 2019-10-25.

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