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Daan (, formerly transliterated as Ta-An Station until 2003) 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 n ...
, Taiwan served by
Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
. It is a terminus of
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services on the .


Station overview

This station is a three-level, elevated station has two
side platform 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 ...
s and two exits. It is located at the intersection of Fuxing South Rd. and Xinyi Rd. Five more exits have been constructed with the opening of Red Line. The station is a two-level, underground station with an
island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
. Red Line trains from
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terminate here during non-rush hours.


Construction

The Red Line station is long and wide. Excavation depth is at . It also has a pocket track, four entrances, two accessibility elevators, and three vent shafts. One of the entrances and one of the vent shafts is integrated into a new joint development building. Another entrance and vent shaft is integrated into the existing joint development building on Brown Line.


Public Art

The Red Line station has a theme of "The meeting of light and shadow - a dialogue between ground level and underground". A combination of a horizontal passage which links the space and special illumination and lighting design on the escalators strengthens the directionality of the passage space.


Station layout


Exits

*Exit 1: North side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near Lane 147 *Exit 2: North side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near the Affiliated Senior High School of NTNU *Exit 3: South side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near Lane 166 *Exit 4: Southeast side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 4 and Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 2 *Exit 5: Southeast side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 4 and Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 2 *Exit 6: East side of Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 1, in front of Park Taipei Hotel


Around the station

* Bureau of National Health Insurance *
American Institute in Taiwan The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT; ) is the ''de facto'' Embassy of the United States of America in Taiwan. The AIT institution is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the federal government of the United States in Taiwan with Congressional oversi ...
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Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University (HSNU; Traditional Chinese: 國立臺灣師範大學附屬高級中學, 附中, 師大附中) is a Taiwanese senior high school (or "high school," as opposed to "middle schoo ...
* Taipei Municipal Da-An Vocational High School * Daan Junior High School *
Taipei Hakka Culture Hall The Taipei Hakka Culture Hall () is a cultural center in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan which acts as a center for cultural exchange between the Hakka community and Taipei residence. History The hall was established on 3 October 1998. Feature ...
* Taipei Farmers Association *
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*
Daan Forest Park Daan Forest Park () is a public park near the centre of the Daan District, Taipei, Da'an District of Taipei, Taiwan. The park occupies twenty-six hectares and is bordered on its north, south, east, and west by Xinyi Road (信義路), Heping E. R ...


First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Daan station is as follows:


References

Wenhu line stations Tamsui–Xinyi line stations Railway stations opened in 1996 {{Taiwan-metro-stub