Hongshulin station – Wikipedia

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Hongshulin

R27/V01 紅樹林

Taipei Metro
Taipei MRT Hongshulin Station 01.jpg

Hongshulin station Entrance

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 紅樹林
Simplified Chinese 红树林
Literal meaning Mangrove forest
General information
Location No. 68, Zhongzheng East Road, Sec. 2
Tamsui, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) / Elevated (Danhai LRT)
History
Opened 25 December 1997
Passengers
daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank 93 out of 109
Services

Hongshulin (formerly transliterated as Hung Shulin Station until 2003) is a metro and light rail station in New Taipei, Taiwan, operated by Taipei and New Taipei Metro respectively. The location of station could be traced back the station of the same name on the now-defunct Tamsui railway line.

The station is a terminus for the Danhai light rail serving Danhai New Town.[2]

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Station overview[edit]

Hongshulin station platform.

The at-grade, station structure with two side platforms and two exits.[3] The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

The station is situated on the east of Zhongzheng West Road, around Bashe Road entrance. The name of the station derives from the protected habitat “Hongshulin” (literally “red forest”, means Mangrove), the Hongshulin environmental protection zone is located west of the station.

Station layout[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations”. Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.

  2. ^ “CEPD mulling MRT line to Danhai New Township”. Taipei Times. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  3. ^ “Route Map: Hongshulin”. Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-20.[permanent dead link]

Coordinates:

25°09′15″N 121°27′32″E / 25.154103°N 121.459002°E / 25.154103; 121.459002


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