Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (), secondary station name Nanmen (), is a metro station in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
, Taiwan served by the
Taipei Metro
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondo ...
. It is a transfer station for the
Tamsui–Xinyi line
Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popul ...
and
Songshan–Xindian line
The Songshan–Xindian or Green line (code G) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Songshan and Xindian. Parts of the line runs under the Roosevelt Road, following the route of the former Xi ...
. While the
memorial for which the station is named after was embroiled in a naming dispute, the name of the station has remained unchanged.
Station overview
The station is a three-level, underground structure with two
island platform
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s and seven exits. The two platforms are stacked on top of one another, allowing for
cross-platform interchange
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between the
Tamsui–Xinyi line
Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popul ...
and the
Songshan–Xindian line
The Songshan–Xindian or Green line (code G) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Songshan and Xindian. Parts of the line runs under the Roosevelt Road, following the route of the former Xi ...
. The washrooms are outside the entrance area. The station is situated under
Roosevelt Road, between Nanhai Road, Linsen South Road, and Aiguo East Road. It also connects to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and some government agencies located around the area.
From 15 November 2014, the station became a transfer station with the
Songshan–Xindian line
The Songshan–Xindian or Green line (code G) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Songshan and Xindian. Parts of the line runs under the Roosevelt Road, following the route of the former Xi ...
.
The
Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line will serve as the terminus of this station, scheduled to open in 2025.
Public art
The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a piece titled "Metamorphosis" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a
paper plane
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.
Along some of the entrance hallways, "Musical Skies" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky.
On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and
Chinese opera have been transformed into abstract elements and minimized into two curtains of lines and flat surfaces.
Station layout
Around the station
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall () is a national monument, landmark and tourist attraction erected in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei.
The monument, surrou ...
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Liberty Square
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National Concert Hall
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References
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Chiang Kai-shek
Tamsui–Xinyi line stations
Songshan–Xindian line stations
Railway stations opened in 1998
Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line stations