Cianjhen Star station () is a light rail station of the Circular light rail of the

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. It is located in Cianjhen District,

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Station overview

The name of this station is derived from the adjacent landmark Cianjhen Star Bike Bridge. It is a transfer station to the nearby

Kaisyuan metro station Kaisyuan is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and three exits. It is 182 metres long and is located at the intersection of ...

(凱旋站) of the Red line, of which the nearest entrance is accessible after crossing Kaisyuan 4th Rd.

Station design

The station is a street-level station with two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

. It is located at the junction of Jhongshan 3rd Road and Kaisyuan 4th Road.

Station layout

Around the station

* Star-of-Cianjhen Bike Bridge *

on Red line * Cianjhen neighborhood * Jhongkai Bridge (an automobile

viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...

along Jhongshan 3rd Rd.) * Indigenous People's Park * Ruinan Park

References

2015 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations opened in 2015 Circular light rail stations {{Taiwan-metro-stub