Nangang station

Nangang (Template:Zh) is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railways Administration and Taipei Metro. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the 1 series.

History

Nangang Station was originally built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan in 1899 to support local industries and the growing population. Since then, the station has been upgraded three times to support tremendous growth: in 1905, in 1966 (due to the KMT moving the ROC government to Taiwan), and in 1986–1987 (to accommodate increased passenger traffic and new cargo traffic).

Expansion

As with most urban train stations in Taipei, Nangang Station was converted from a surface station to an underground station as part of the TRA's Taipei Railway Underground Project, an effort to move existing surface railways from Songshan Station to east of Nangang Station underground to accommodate growing traffic and economic development in Nankang Software Park. Existing TRA platforms were successfully moved underground on 21 September 2008. The 7.6-km tunnel project cost NT$76.5 billion. The high-speed rail extension to the station opened for service in 2016.

The new station is similar to the then-new Banqiao Station in New Taipei, which was reconstructed to accommodate underground platforms and mixed-use development on the existing station site. The two-level, underground station levels accommodate expanded TRA platforms, new THSR platforms, and new MRT platforms for the Bannan line which was opened on 25 December 2008. It served as the eastern terminal until Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Bannan Line platform opened in 2011. On 3 January 2010, Exits 3 and 4 for metro station were closed for construction of a passageway with the TRA station. The entire project was completed in February 2011. Platform screen doors were installed on the Nangang line platforms in August 2015.

Public art

The design of the Taipei Metro portion of the station centers around a "Nostalgia and Technology" theme with aqua green selected to signify an image of a fish pond. Paintings by artist Jimmy Liao are displayed around the station including on the platform walls. Many areas have sandblasted glass installed. On the platform, a piece titled "Rapid Transit Platform, the Transport Dock" displays images on benches to evoke memories of former industries in Nangang.

Station layout

30F-2F	Ruentex Nangang Station Complex	Global Mall Nangang Station Citylink Mall Courtyard Taipei
Street Level	Street level	Entrance/Exit, Accessibility Elevator Barrier-free elevator from street level, Security, Taxi Stand
B1	Concourse Level	Concourse, Restrooms
	THSR Platform Level
	Platform 1A	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
	Island platform
	Platform 1B	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
	Platform 2A	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
	Island platform
	Platform 2B	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
	Platform 3A	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
	Island platform
	Platform 3B	THSR towards Zuoying (Template:Stn)
B2	Lobby	TRA Ticketing, Automatic Ticketing, Ticket Gate, Waiting Area Restrooms, Travel Information Counter TRA Counter, TRA Manager's Office
B3	TRA Platforms	TRA Control and Traffic Room, Offices
	Platform 1A	West Coast line toward Template:Rws through service Yilan line toward Template:Rws, Template:Rws-Template:Rws (Xike)
	Island platform
	Platform 1B	West Coast line toward Keelung through service Yilan line toward Yilan, Hualien-Taitung (Xike)
	Platform 2A	West Coast line toward Taipei, Template:Stn through service Yilan line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)
	Island platform
	Platform 2B	West Coast line toward Taipei, Kaohsiung through service Yilan line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)
	Platform 3A	Taipei-Yilan Direct line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)
	Island platform
	Platform 3B	Taipei-Yilan Direct line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)
	7th track	Public works use
	Side platform; administrative use only

Taipei Metro Nangang Station

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Lobby	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms(inside ticketed area)
B2	Platform 1	← Template:Rint Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center (BL23 Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Template:Rint Bannan line toward Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL21 Kunyang)→

HSR services

Except Service 203 which departs from Taipei, Services 1334 and 696 which terminate at Taipei, and Services 583 and 598 which are local trains from Taichung - Zuoying, all other train services call at Nangang station. The fastest 1xx series will travel from Nangang to Zuoying in 105 minutes.

Around the station

• Academia Sinica (2.3km to the southeast)
• Nanxing Park (next to the station)
• National Biotechnology Research Park (1.9km to the southeast)
• Nangang Software Park (1km to the northeast)
• Carrefour Nangang Branch (700m to the west)
• Taipei Music Center (900m to the southwest)
• Taipei Municipal Nangang Vocational High School (250m to the north)
• Nangang Senior High School (1.2km to the southwest)
• Yucheng Junior High School (850m to the northeast)
• Nangang Elementary School (700m to the northeast)
• Dongxin Elementary School (850m to the northwest)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

External links

• TRA Nangang StationTemplate:In lang
• Taiwan Railways AdministrationTemplate:In lang
• THSR Nangang StationTemplate:In lang
• TRTC Route Map & TimetablesTemplate:In lang