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. Located in the historical centre of Fongshan. The MRT station's location is about 700 meters from the

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Fengshan Station.

Station overview

The station is a two-level, underground station with an

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and two exits. The station is 190 metres long and is located at the intersection of Fongshan Zihyou Rd., Jhongshan West Rd. and Jhongshan Rd.

Station layout

Exits

*Exit 1: Fongshan Elementary School, Chenglan Fort *Exit 2: Caogong Elementary School,

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, Zhonghua Street Night Market Accessibility-directory

Around the station

* Fengshan Stadium *

Fengshan railway station Fengshan station (), is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Pingtung line located in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The station is located about 700 meters, or 2300 feet northeast of the Kaohsiung MRT Fengshan ...

(about 700 meters or 2300 feet to the northeast) * Fengxi Sports Park *

* Zhonghua Street Night Market * Caogong Temple * Fengyi Kaizhang Sacred King Temple (鳳邑開漳聖王廟) * Chenglan Fort * Pingcheng Fort * Caogong Elementary School * Fongshan Elementary School * Fongsi Junior High School * Fongshan Flying Square

References

2008 establishments in Taiwan Kaohsiung Metro Orange line stations Railway stations opened in 2008 {{Taiwan-metro-stub