Sanchong_MRT_station

Sanchong metro station

Sanchong metro station

Metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan

Sanchong (Chinese: 三重) is a station of the Zhonghe–Xinlu line on Taipei Metro and the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[3] It is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which opened on 2 March 2017.

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Station overview

Orange Line platform
Station faregates

The Orange Line section is a four-level, underground station has an island platform.[4] It is located beneath Jieyun Rd., Lane 3 and Shuhong East Rd, near the Erchong flood diversion channel.[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[6] but opened for service earlier on 5 January 2012.[3]

Sanchong station is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which is a four-level, elevated station with an island platform.[7]

Construction

Excavation depth for the Zhonghe-Xinlu station is 19.2 m (63 ft 0 in). It is 221.4 m (726 ft 5 in) in length and 21.55 m (70 ft 8 in) wide.[8] It has three entrances, one accessibility elevator, and three vent shafts.[4] Two of the entrances are located next to a joint development lot. An 8,000 m2 (86,111 sq ft) plot of land beside the station is being set aside for joint development projects.[5] The entrance features a double arch-shaped glass roof.

The Taoyuan Airport MRT station features three more elevators and one more exit, exit 1A.[9]

Design

The Zhonghe-Xinlu station design is based on a theme of "Waterfront Green Land" with walls and floors inlaid with various materials to form patterns, such as rushing water.[5] The Taoyuan Airport MRT features an installation art named "conveyor belt of dreams and memories", located on the platform level.[10]

Station layout

Airport MRT Commuter train arriving at station
4F Platform 1 ←   Airport MRT Commuter toward Huanbei (New Taipei Industrial Park)
←   Airport MRT Express does not stop here
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2   Airport MRT Commuter toward Taipei (terminus) →
  Airport MRT Express does not stop here →
2F Lobby Station lobby, information counter, automatic ticket machines, faregates
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B3 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B4 Platform 1 ← Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O16 Xianse Temple)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O14 Cailiao) →

Exits

  • Exit 1: No. 36, Jieyun Rd., near Shuhong E. Rd. With accessibility elevator.
  • Exit 1A: In the middle of the cross-levee bridge next to the station, New Taipei Metropolitan Park [zh]. [9]
  • Exit 2: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 22)
  • Exit 3: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 19)

Around the station

  • Erchong Floodway
    • Erchong Floodway Park
  • Jimei Elementary School
  • Sanchong High School
  • New Taipei Bridge
  • Chongxin Bridge
  • Zhongxing Bridge
  • New Taipei Metropolitan Park

References

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    "Sanchong". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
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    "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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    "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2010-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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    "( O5 ) Sanchong". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
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    黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通 市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
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    "A2車站影片簡介". MRT Engineering Office, Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
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    "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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    "乘車指南三重站". www.tymetro.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
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    "A2-夢想與回憶的輸送帶". 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2024-05-01.

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