The Tucheng Station of the

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is a station on the

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located in

Tucheng District Tucheng District () is a district in the southwestern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. History On 26 June 1993, Tucheng was upgraded from rural township to a county-administered city of Taipei County. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was up ...

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. It will soon be a transfer station with the Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line in 2028.

Station layout

The two-level, underground station with an

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configuration and has three exits. The station is located underneath Jincheng Rd. at its intersection with Heping Rd. It will be a transfer station with the Wanda-Shulin Line, scheduled to open in 2028.

History

*31 May 2006: Opened for service with the opening of the segment from Fuzhong to Yongning. *28 September 2018: Automatic platform gates were installed on Blue Line, as last batch of installation make all stations on Taipei Metro have a form of platform doors. *2028: The Wanda-Shulin Line became a transfer line.

Public art

Public art for the station consists of a

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archeological piece titled "The Legend of Gold Town". Produced through high-tech means, the piece is displayed similarly to how excavated artifacts are displayed. It depicts historical diversity and the development of the Tucheng area and represent the creativity and local characteristics of Tucheng.

Exits

*Exit 1: Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 Accessibility-directory

*Exit 2: Intersection of Jincheng Rd. Sec. 1 and Heping Rd. *Exit 3: Jingcheng Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

Parks * Jincheng Park * Tucheng Tung Blossom Park * Zhanlongshanyizhi Cultural Park Libraries * Tucheng District Library * New Taipei City Library Tucheng Branch Schools and Universities * De Lin Institute of Technology * Tucheng Elementary School Government Offices * Tucheng District Office Banks * Hua Nan Commercial Bank, Ltd. (between this station and

Yongning station The Taipei Metro Yongning station is a station of the Bannan line located in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It served as the southern terminal station before the opening of the Dingpu station in 2015. Station layout The two-level, ...

) Museums and Gallaries * Tucheng Art Hall Shopping Malls * ASE WeMall Hospitals * New Taipei City Tucheng Hospital

References

Bannan line stations Railway stations opened in 2006 Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line stations Railway stations in Taiwan opened in the 2000s {{Taiwan-metro-stub