Banqiao () is a railway and metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail,

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and Taipei Metro. With the exception of the Circular Line, all other tracks and platforms in the station are located underground. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the ''1 series''. The current station building opened in 1999 for TRA, 2006 for Taipei Metro, and 2007 for HSR. The station currently handles over 77 million entries and exits per year. The elevated metro station of the Circular line opened on 31 January 2020.

Station overview

The three-level consists of a 25-story building above ground and 5 underground station stories; it is Taiwan's tallest station building. It includes platforms for the

THSR Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...

, and Taipei Metro. The new station building was built as part of the

Taipei Railway Underground Project Since the 1980s, ground level railway facilities in urban areas have been seen as obstacles to road traffic and local development. In 1983, the Executive Yuan tasked the Taipei Railway Underground Project Organisation (TRUPO) with the project to re ...

to move railway lines in the city underground.

Public art

Titled "Evolution Orbit", the Taipei Metro platform has artwork consisting of 12 colorful rings affixed to columns on the platform. These rings complete a cycle every hour and also move whenever a train enters the station.

Station layout

HSR services

HSR services 1xx, (1)2xx, ''(1)3xx'', (1)5xx, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station.

Around the station

Transport Stations * Intercity Bus Station (next to the station) * Local Bus Station (next to the station) Government Offices *

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(500m to the southeast) * Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC (inside the station) * Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (inside the station) Stadiums and Parks * Banqiao Stadium (950m to the west) * Xianmin Plaza (100m to the southeast) Schools * New Taipei Municipal Banqiao High School (between this station and

Fuzhong Station Fuzhong () is a metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by the Taipei Metro. Station overview This five-level, underground station has two stacked side platforms and three exits. Its location is where the old TRA Banqiao Station used to resid ...

) * New Taipei Municipal Haishan High School (850m to the southeast) * New Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Junior High School (750m to the northeast) Shopping Malls * Far Eastern Department Store (350m to the south) Medical Facilities * Hsiao Chung-Cheng Hospital (near

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References

External links

THSR Banqiao StationTRA Banqiao StationTaiwan Railway AdministrationTRTC Route Map & Timetables
{{Circular line navbox Railway stations served by Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration Railway stations in New Taipei Bannan line stations 1901 establishments in Taiwan Circular line stations (Taipei Metro)