Taipei 101/World Trade Center () is a metro station in

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

served by

Taipei Metro Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapi ...

. Near this station are

Taipei 101 The Taipei 101 (; stylized in all caps), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a 508 m (1,667 ft), 101-story skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was Council on Tall Buildings ...

Taipei World Trade Center The Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC; ) was inaugurated in January 1986 by Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), to provide a single, modern venue that would combine Trade fair, e ...

and Taipei International Convention Center. It is part of the city center of the capital Taipei. The station number is R03.

Station overview

The station is situated under Xinyi Road, near Shifu Road. The two-level, underground station structure with one

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

and five exits. The northeast exit directly connects to the basement of

. Originally, the station was to be named just "World Trade Center". However, since both

and the

represent national landmarks, on 22 July 2011, the Department of Rapid Transit Systems announced that the station would be renamed to Taipei 101/World Trade Center.

Construction

The station is long and wide. Excavation depth is at . The station has a -long crossover section. It has five entrances, three elevators for the disabled and two vent shafts.

Public Art

The theme for this station is "Modern melody - creation of a spatial atmosphere for dialoguing with the world". The district represents an international exchange between Taiwan and the world. Public art will represent the rapid broadcast of information and the crowd's busy interaction.

Station layout

Notable landmarks

(exit 4) *

(exit 1) ** TWTC International Trade Building ** Taipei International Convention Center * Grand Hyatt Taipei * Taipei Medical University *Xinyi Sports Center *Xinyi Elementary School (exit 3)

First and last train timing

The first and last train timing at Taipei 101/World Trade Center station is as follows:

References

Tamsui–Xinyi line stations Xinyi Special District Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 2013 {{Taiwan-metro-stub