Dingpu Station (Taipei Metro)

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Dingpu
頂埔
File:Taipei MRT Dingpu Station Concourse Level.JPG
Dingpu Station Platform
Location B3F, No. 107, Sec. 4, Zhongyang Rd.
Tucheng, New Taipei
Taiwan
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Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened July 6, 2015
Traffic
Passengers daily (2011)[1]
(Ranked of 89)

Dingpu Station is a subway station of Taipei Metro. This station is a 2 km extension and western terminus of the Tucheng Line, which itself is an extension of Bannan Line. Dingpu Station is located in Tucheng District, New Taipei City.

Construction began in January 2010 and commercial service was scheduled to begin in 2013. Commercial service was scheduled to begin in 2014,[2][3] but has been pushed back to July 6, 2015. It is a planned terminus for the Sanying Line (zh:台北捷運三鶯線).

Station layout

L1 Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Concourse Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Outside fare zone near Exit 1 and 3)
B2 Platform 1   Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Yongning)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left/ right
Platform 2   Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Yongning)

The station is a two-level, underground station with island platforms.[4] It is 292 meters in length and 21 meters in width, and it has adopted the cut-and-cover method for construction. Four exits are built. It is located beneath Lane 118 and 52 on Zhongyang Rd.

It is currently the southernmost station in the Taipei Metro. It is a planned transfer station with the Sanying Line (as an elevated station).[4]

Design

Station design takes into account Tucheng's early coal industry (Haishan Coal Mine area), Army Logistics School, high-tech carbon nanotubes, and ceramics made in Yingge.[5]

Service

The station was expected to be completed in December 2014 but instead was completed in May 2014. It was also expected to open for revenue service in June 2015,[3] but has been pushed back to July 2015. It takes 30 minutes to travel from Dingpu Station to Taipei Main Station.[4]

Around the station

  • Tucheng Industrial Park
  • Dingpu High-Tech Industrial Park

References

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External links

Preceding station   Taipei Metro   Following station
Terminus Line 5

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