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 in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondo ...

Wende 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 Brown Line.

Station overview

This two-level, elevated station features two

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s, two exits, and a platform elevator located on the north side of the concourse level. Public art for the station consists of a piece titled "Dancing Birds". It comprises one of the station walls and depicts dancing egrets in Bihu Park with the use of digital images and mosaic inlaying. Two mechanical parking towers behind the station allow for over 300 parking spaces. The towers are a type of elevator parking system; vehicles can be parked and retrieved on the same rotating lift table.

History

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

Station layout

Around the station

* Neihu High School * Neihu Junior High School * Neihu Elementary School * National Taiwan College of Performing Arts *

Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall The Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall () or Neihu Red House, formerly known as Neihu Guo Family Estate or Neihu Kuo Family Ancestral Home, is a historical building in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The building was originally built in 1917 durin ...

* Liuzhongyuan Community * Bihu Park * Yangguan Park * Wende Park No. 2 * Ronald McDonald House Taiwan *

Fire Safety Museum of Taipei City Fire Department The Fire Safety Museum of Taipei City Fire Department () is a museum on firefighting in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The museum was built in response to the Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan on 17 January 1995 to teach people what t ...

References

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