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{{Short description|Metro station in Taipei, Taiwan}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Taipower Building
| native_name        = G08 台電大樓
| native_name_lang   = zh-tw
| mlanguage          = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese
  | title        = Taipower Building
  | t            = 台電大樓
  | s            = 台电大楼
  | bpmf         = ㄊㄞˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄡˊ
  | p            = Taídiàn Dàlóu
  | w            = Taitien Talou
  | tl           = Tâi-tiān Tuā-lâu
  | phfs         = Thòi-thien Thai-lèu
}}
| symbol             = metro
| symbol_location    = taipei
| image              = Taipower Building Station Xindian Line Platform.JPG
| alt                = 
| caption            = Platform
| address            = B1F 63-3 Sec. 3 Roosevelt Rd.
| borough            = [[Zhongzheng District|Zhongzheng]] and [[Da'an District, Taipei|Da'an]], [[Taipei]]
| country            = Taiwan
| operator           = [[Taipei Metro]]
| line               = {{ric|TRTS|G|name=y}}
| distance           = 
| platforms          = 
| connections        = Bus stop
| accessible         = 
| structure          = Underground
| code               = G08
| opened             = {{start date and age|11 November 1999|df=y}}
| passengers         = {{TRTS ridership}}
| pass_rank          = {{TRTS ridership-rank}}
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=Taipei Metro
|line=G|to-left2=Songshan|left2=Guting|right2=Gongguan|to-right2=Xindian
|line2=G|to-left=Songshan|left=Guting}}
}}

The [[Taipei Rapid Transit System|Taipei Metro]] '''Taipower Building station''' is a station on the [[Songshan–Xindian line|Xindian Line]] located on the border in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].

==Station overview==
[[Image:Taipower Building Station Exit2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Taipower Building station exit 2]]
[[Image:Platform 2, Taipower Building Station 20060625.jpg|thumb|250px|Taipower Building station platform]]
The two-level, underground station has an [[island platform]] and five exits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=040|title=Route Map: Taipower Building|publisher=Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation|accessdate=2010-06-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808200656/http://web.trtc.com.tw/e/stationdetail.asp?ID=040|archivedate=2010-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.sdpo.dorts.gov.tw/paper_gln/2th/stuff2.htm|title=第二章 站場規劃|publisher=Department of Rapid Transit Systems|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
Some trains from Songshan terminate here and reenter service by utilizing the pocket track south of the station.

==History==
During initial planning in 1980, the station was to be named '''Sanzong''' (三總), after the [[Tri-Service General Hospital]] which has since relocated to [[Neihu District|Neihu]].

==Station layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''Street Level'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Entrance/Exit
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=560 valign=top|Entrance/Exit
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=2 valign=top|'''B1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=2 valign=top|Concourse
|width=390|Lobby, information counter, automatic ticket-dispensing machines, one-way faregates
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Restrooms<small>(North side outside fare zone, near exit 2)</small>, Taipower Building ATM
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''B2'''
|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|Taipei Metro|G}};">'''1'''</span>
|← {{rint|taipei|g}} [[Songshan–Xindian line]] toward [[Songshan station|Songshan]] <small>(G09 [[Guting metro station|Guting]])</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|Taipei Metro|G}};">'''2'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:white;">→</span> {{rint|taipei|g}} [[Songshan–Xindian line]] toward [[Xindian metro station|Xindian]]<small> (G07 [[Gongguan metro station|Gongguan]])</small> →<br /><span style="color:white;">→</span> {{rint|taipei|g}} [[Songshan–Xindian line]] termination platform →
|}

Select [[Songshan–Xindian line]] trains terminate here during non-rush hours.

==Around the station==
* [[Taipei Cultural Mosque]]
* Shida Park
* Taipei Hakka Cultural Park

==See also==
* [[List of railway stations in Taiwan]]

==References==
{{commons category|Taipower Building Station}}
{{Reflist}}

{{TRTS Line 3}}
{{Coord|25.020522|121.528325|type:railwaystation_region:TW|display=title}}

[[Category:Songshan–Xindian line stations]]
[[Category:Taiwan Power Company]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1999]]


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