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 ...

Xinbeitou station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou branch line located in

Beitou District Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kipatauw'', meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and ...

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 ...

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. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

The two-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 ...

and two exits. The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou

hot springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

, such as

Beitou Hot Spring Museum The Beitou Hot Spring Museum () is a museum about hot spring in Beitou Park, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The construction of the building started in 1911 and completed in 1913 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. It was init ...

Beitou Plum Garden The Beitou Plum Garden () is a museum in the former residence of calligrapher Yu Youren in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The building was constructed in the late 1930s as the summer getaway home of calligrapher Yu Youren. In 2006, th ...

, Ketaglan Culture Center, Beitou Hot Springs, Beitou Park and Sushi Express restaurant.

History

The station originally opened as the terminus for the Shin-hokutō Line as on 1 April 1916. It reopened on 1937 after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration. Later on, on 15 July 1988, the service was ceased with the discontinuation of Tamsui and Hsin Peitou Line.

Station layout

After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to

Changhua Changhua (Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was h ...

for display at the Taiwan Folk Village. On 1 April 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in

Beitou Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kipatauw'', meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and ...

. It was later reopened on 28 March 1997 with the opening of the Xinbeitou branch line. There was a knife attack injuring 1 police officer on 29 March 2016.

Around the station

Beitou Park The Beitou Park () is a park in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The park was created in 1913, making it the third oldest park in Taipei and the first hot spring park on the island. It was constructed to welcome the visit of Prince Hiro ...

References

Tamsui–Xinyi line stations Railway stations opened in 1916 Railway stations closed in 1988 Railway stations opened in 1997 {{Taiwan-metro-stub