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 City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
Wende station is located in the
Neihu District
Neihu District is a district of Taipei City, Taiwan. Neihu means "inner lake." The older name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Tayour'' (transliterated by the Dutch as ''Cattajo''), meaning woman's head ornament.
Many mountainous roads and ...
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
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It is a station on
Brown Line.
Station overview
This two-level, elevated station features 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, two exits, and a platform elevator located on the north side of the concourse level.
Public art for the station consists of a piece titled "Dancing Birds". It comprises one of the station walls and depicts dancing egrets in Bihu Park with the use of digital images and mosaic inlaying.
Two mechanical parking towers behind the station allow for over 300 parking spaces.
The towers are a type of elevator parking system; vehicles can be parked and retrieved on the same rotating lift table.
History
*22 February 2009: Wende station construction is completed.
*4 July 2009: Begins operations with the opening of the Brown Line.
Station layout
Around the station
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Neihu High School
* Neihu Junior High School
* Neihu Elementary School
* National Taiwan College of Performing Arts
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Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall
The Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall () or Neihu Red House, formerly known as Neihu Guo Family Estate or Neihu Kuo Family Ancestral Home, is a historical building in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The building was originally built in 1917 during ...
* Liuzhongyuan Community
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Bihu Park
The Bihu Park () is a park in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The park was opened in 1987.
Geography
The park covers an area of 13.1 hectares. A 7 hectares of lake located within the park area is the Dapi Lake, which was once used for ...
* Yangguan Park
* Wende Park No. 2
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Ronald McDonald House
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is an independent American nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children.
RMHC has a global network of c ...
Taiwan
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Fire Safety Museum of Taipei City Fire Department
The Fire Safety Museum of Taipei City Fire Department () is a museum on firefighting in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The museum was built in response to the Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan on 17 January 1995 to teach people what t ...
References
Wenhu line stations
Railway stations opened in 2009
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