The

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Qiyan station (formerly transliterated as Chiyen Station until 2003) is located in the

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. It is a station on the Tamsui Line ( Red Line).

Station overview

The two-level, elevated station structure with one

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 one exit. The station is situated between east of Beitou Road, and the beginning of Sanhe Road. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. On trains to

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 ...

, an announcement is made recommending passengers for stations north of Beitou to change trains at this station since Beitou does not offer same platform transfer between trains terminating at Beitou and trains continuing to Tamsui. The station name is a historic name of the area that literally means "interesting rock", referring to Junjianyan ( zh, t=軍艦岩, p=Jūnjiànyán), a

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

formation to the east.

Station layout

References

1997 establishments in Taiwan Tamsui–Xinyi line stations Railway stations opened in 1997 {{Taiwan-metro-stub