The
Taipei Metro Xiaobitan station is a terminal station on the
Xiaobitan branch line
The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Songshan–Xindian line
The Songshan–Xindian or Green line (code G) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connect ...
located in
Xindian District
Xindian District () is an inner city district in the southern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Name
Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others came from Quanzhou, ...
,
New Taipei,
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 ...
.
Station overview
The station is an elevated station with four levels, elevated station has a
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 ...
and two exits. Its platform length allows for a three-car, high capacity train. The station location is right next to the Xindian Depot, above the maintenance workshop and near
Freeway 3
The entrance to the station and platform are situated on the fourth floor of the depot. The station covers an area of 3,000 square meters, while the platform is 70.5 meters long.
Two escalators are located at the two entrances and are 14.45 meters high and 16.52 meters high; they are the second longest escalators in the system after those at
Zhongxiao Fuxing.
Public Art
Public art at the station is themed "The Way to the Very Joyance", where the station design includes many elements designed to embrace nature. Pieces include "Time Jelly", a bronze piece shaped like melting
toffee
Toffee is a confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses (creating inverted sugar) along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of . While being prepared, toffee is ...
over a station wall, and "The Dancing Cloud", a plastic and steel piece situated on top of platform columns. Additional pieces include those in adjacent public squares around the station.
History
Construction began on 2 April 2001, and after four years of construction was completed on 30 September 2004. When the line first opened, some people complained about noise problems.
Thus, sound-muffling walls were built along the tracks coming into the station.
Although the station platform only allows room for a three-car trainset, when the station was first opened a six-car trainset was used on the line. In this case, only the first three train cars' doors opened at this station (
selective door operation). It was not until 22 July 2006 that a dedicated three-car trainset began service on the line.
Station layout
Around the station
* Xiaobitan Park
* Sunshine Sports Park
Gallery
File:捷運小碧潭站-一號出口.JPG, Xiaobitan station exit 1
File:捷運小碧潭站-二號出口.JPG, Xiaobitan station exit 2
References
Railway stations opened in 2004
2004 establishments in Taiwan
Songshan–Xindian line stations
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