Zhuwei Station

Zhuwei 竹圍 18x18px
File:Zhuwei Station.jpg Zhuwei Station
Location	No. 50, Mingquan Road Tamsui, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R31)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	18,547 daily (2011) (Ranked 58th of 89)

Zhuwei Station
Traditional Chinese	竹圍站
Simplified Chinese	竹围站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhúwéi Zhàn Bopomofo ㄓㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Zhuwei Station is located in the sea-side district of Tamsui in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. The position of station could be traced back the same name station of defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

File:Zhuwei Station Exit2 Inner.jpg

Faregates at Exit 2.

File:Taipei MRT Zhuwei Station.JPG

Zhuwei Station platform.

The station is an at-grade structure with two side platforms and two exits. The washrooms are inside the entrance area. The station is situated between Mingquan Road and Mingquan 1st street, in the area of Mingzhu Road Entrance and Mingsheng Road Entrance.

History

TRA Zhuwei Station

• 1932: Station constructed.
• August 15, 1988: shut down with the termination of TRA Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro

• March 28, 1997: Re-opened with the beginning of the Taipei Metro Tamsui Line.

Station layout

2F	Connecting Level	Skyway for Platform Connection
Street Level
	Lobby (toward Platform 1)
		Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	←   Line 2 toward Tamsui (Hongshulin)
	Platform 2	→   Line 2 toward Xiangshan (Guandu) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Exits

• Exit 1: No.50, Minquan Rd.
• Exit 2: Minquan 1st St.

Around the station

• Mackay Memorial Hospital
• Tamsui Riverside Bicycle Path
• Carrefour
• Dusk Market

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Hongshulin toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Guandu toward Xiangshan