Kunyang metro station

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The Taipei Metro Kunyang station is a station on the Bannan line located in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan.[2]

Kunyang

BL21 昆陽
Kunyang station exit 4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese昆陽
Simplified Chinese昆阳
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKūnyáng
Bopomofoㄎㄨㄣ ㄧㄤˊ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳKhûn-yòng
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKhun-iông
General information
LocationNo. 451, Sec. 6, Zhongxiao E. Rd.
Nangang, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated byTaipei Metro
Line(s) Bannan line (BL21)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened30 December 2000
Passengers
28,781 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank56 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Houshanpi Bannan line Nangang

Station overview

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The two-level, underground station and has one island platform and four exits. It is located beneath Zhongxiao East Rd.

Public art for the station is titled "Around" and is composed of carousel horses that dance to music whenever the viewer comes near. They are located along the glass windows of the concourse level.[3]

Station layout

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Kunyang station platform
Street Level Concourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms(inside ticketed area)
B2 Platform 1   Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center (BL22 Nangang)
  Bannan line termination platform ←
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2   Bannan line toward Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL20 Houshanpi)

Any Bannan line trains from Dingpu or Far Eastern Hospital will terminate here during non-rush hours or when they are being transferred to the Nangang Depot, otherwise they will go to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. It also served as the eastern terminal station of this line from 2000 to 2008 when Nangang opened for MRT service.

Exits

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  • Exit 1: Combined Logistics Command Headquarters
  • Exit 2: Lane 403, Zhongxiao Rd. Sec.6
  • Exit 3: Nangang Senior High School
  • Exit 4: Kunyang St.  

Around the station

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References

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  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ "Route Map: Kunyang".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Public Art on the Nangang Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

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