Beitou station (; formerly transliterated as Peitou station until 2003) is a metro station on the Tamsui–Xinyi line and Xinbeitou branch line of Taipei Metro, located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its location can be traced back the to same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui line.
Station overview
This two-level, elevated station structure has one island platform and two side platforms. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. Nearby landmarks include Beitou Presbyterian Church and Beitou Market.
Just north of the station, there are crossovers between the Tamsui–Xinyi line and the Xinbeitou branch line, and between the tracks of each individual line, in both directions. Also to the north, the two Tamsui Line tracks cross over each other not at grade.
South of the station, the four tracks merge into two and cross over each other at a flying junction. There are crossovers to allow trains from Daan to terminate here.
History The TRA station at Beitou was opened on 25 October 1901 as , and another railway line, Shin-hokutō Railway line, was opened on 1 April 1916. On 15 July 1988, the service was discontinued in order to make way for the opening of the segment from Tamsui to Zhongshan for Taipei Metro on 28 March 1997.
From 1999 to 2012, trains from Nanshijiao terminated at Beitou Station platform 3 while construction work was conducted on the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line. From 2012 to 2013, trains from Taipower Building terminated here while the Tamsui-Xinyi line was still under construction. Trains travelling to Xindian from Tamsui from 1999 to 2014 stopped at platform 2 until the Songshan-Xindian line was opened.
Station layout 2F Side platform, doors will open on the left Platform 4 ← toward (R22A Terminus) Platform 3→ toward (R21 ) → Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Platform 2→ toward (R21 ) → Platform 1← toward (R23 ) Side platform, doors will open on the leftStreet level Concourse Entrance/exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregatesRestrooms
Around the station Lady Zhou's Memorial Gate
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