Weiwuying is a station on the
Orange line of the
Kaohsiung MRT
Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...
in
Lingya District
Lingya District () is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The 85 Sky Tower and the Kaohsiung City Hall are located here. Lingya District is the administrative center of Kaohsiung City along with Fongshan District. Its population is around 162,3 ...
,
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
,
Taiwan
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. It will be a future transfer station with the
Yellow line.
Station overview
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 ...
and five exits. The station is 201 metres long and is located at the intersection of Jhongjheng 1st Rd. and Jianjyun Rd.
Station layout
Exits
*Exit 1: Jhongjheng 1st Rd. (north), Jhongjheng Senior High School, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
*Exit 2: Jhongjheng 1st Rd. (south), Jhongjheng Park
*Exit 3: Sanduo Rd. (north), Jhongjheng Park
*Exit 4: Jianjyun Rd. (west), Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung Mosque
*Exit 5: Jianjyun Rd. (east)
*Exit 6: Sanduo Rd. (south), Weiwuying Art & Culture Center, Weiwuying Mentropolitan Park
Around the station
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Kaohsiung Mosque
The Kaohsiung Mosque () is a mosque in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the second mosque to be built in Taiwan after Taipei Grand Mosque in Taipei.
History
First building
Kaohsiung Mosque was built in 1949 in Taiwan by Muslim nation ...
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National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, also known as Weiwuying, (), is located in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and has been acknowledged as the largest performance arts center under one roof in the world while owning the largest pipe org ...
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Weiwuying Metropolitan Park
The Weiwuying Metropolitan Park () is a metropolitan park (one type of Taiwan national park) in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
History
During the Qing Dynasty rule of Taiwan, Fongshan was an important military area. During the Japanes ...
* Fengshan Sports Park
* Jhongjheng Park
* Jhongjheng Senior High School
* Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
See also
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List of railway stations in Taiwan
There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan:
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ...
References
2008 establishments in Taiwan
Kaohsiung Metro Orange line stations
Lingya District
Railway stations opened in 2008
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