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, Taiwan served by

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Station overview

The three-level, underground station with an

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and eight exits. It is located around the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Dunhua South Rd (hence the name of the station). It connects through the East Metro Mall to the neighboring

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History

*24 December 1999: Begins service with the opening of the

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to Longshan Temple segment. *3 May 2009: A 62-year-old woman jumped off platform 2 and was immediately killed. The

- Zhongxiao Fuxing segment was single-tracked until past midnight.

Station layout

Exits

*Exit 1: No.175, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 *Exit 2: No.203, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 Accessibility-directory

Escalator *Exit 3: No.182, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (Ming Yao Department Store) Escalator *Exit 4: No.166, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (San Want Hotel) *Exit 5: No.148, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 Escalator *Exit 6: No.219, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1 *Exit 7: No.151, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 EscalatorTaipei MRT App *Exit 8: No.209, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

* Dinho Shopping District *

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(Dunhua Branch) * Singapore Trade Office in Taipei * Sogo (Dunhua Branch) * MING YAO Department Store - exit 3 *

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(Zhongxiao Branch) * The International Commercial Bank of China (between this station and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall station) * San Want Hotel - exit 4 *

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Art Museum * Fuxing Elementary School * Renai Junior High School * Zhongshan Hospital * Renai Elementary School

Underground Shopping

*East Metro Mall (connects directly to the station, toward Zhongxiao Fuxing)

References

Railway stations opened in 2000 Bannan line stations {{Taiwan-metro-stub