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 ...

Xihu 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 ...

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. It is a station on

Wenhu line The Wenhu or Brown line (code BR) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Wenshan and Neihu. It is an automated medium-capacity rubber-tyred metro line and is long, serving a total of 24 st ...

and opened on 4 July 2009.

Station overview

This three-level, elevated station features 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 ...

, two exits, and a platform elevator located on the east side of the concourse level. Unlike other stations on Brown Line, the concourse of this station is located above the platform level. On the eastern and northern walls of the station is a public art display. Titled "Crossing-Transformation", the aluminum and pottery brick piece can be perceived differently if viewed from different angles. Notably, this is the only non-terminus elevated station on the Wenhu line that features trains opening its doors on the left rather than on the right.

History

*22 February 2009: Xihu station construction is completed. *4 July 2009: Begins service with the opening of Brown Line.

Station layout

Nearby Places

* Xihu Market * Neihu Technology Park *

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* Xihu Junior High School * Xihu Elementary School *

Meiti Riverside Park The Meiti Riverside Park () is a waterfront park along the Keelung River in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. Geography The park spans over an area of 45.62 hectares which includes 4,608 m2 area of cosmos plants. It houses the Meiti Pier for ...

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's headquarters

References

Wenhu line stations Railway stations opened in 2009 {{Taiwan-metro-stub