Guandu Station

Guandu 關渡
Guandu Station
Location	No. 51, Lane 296, Dadu Road, Sec. 3 Beitou, Taipei and Tamsui, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R25)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
History
Opened	March 28, 1997
Traffic
Passengers	21,334 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 51st of 89)

Guandu Station
Traditional Chinese	關渡站
Simplified Chinese	关渡站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guāndù-Zhàn Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄨˋ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Kuan^1-tu^4-Chan^4 Tongyong Pinyin Guandù-Jhàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Koan-tāu-Chām

The Taipei Metro Guandu Station is located in between Beitou District, Taipei and the sea-side district Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

A train arriving at Guandu Station.

Guandu Station concourse.

The station is an at-grade structure with two side platforms and two exits. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.^[2] The station is situated southwest of Guandu Elementary School, between Zhongyang North Road, Dadu Road and Ligong Street.

History

TRA Station

• December 25, 1901: Opens for service with the opening of the Tamsui Railroad Line (as "Jiangtou Parking Station").
• After the war, the station was renamed "Guandu Station".
• July 15, 1988: Service ceases with the discontinuation of service of the TRA Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro Station

• March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the Tamsui to Zhongshan segment.
• February 7, 2005: The five millionth EasyCard was sold at Guandu Station.^[3]

Station layout

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

Exits

• Exit 1: Lane 296, Dadu Rd. Sec. 3
• Exit 2: Zhongyang N. Rd. Sec. 4, beside the Guandu Elementary School

Around the station

• Kuan-du Temple
• Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts
• Guandu Nature Park
• Guandu Bridge
• Tamsui Riverside Bicycle Path
• Tittot Glass Art Museum
• ASUSTEK Factory
• Tzu Chi Foundation, Guandu
• Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center
• Taipei National University of the Arts
• Technology & Science Institute of Northern Taiwan
• Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College
• Guandu Elementary School
• Zheren Home Economics & Commercial High School

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Zhuwei toward Tamsui		Line 2 Tamsui		Zhongyi toward Xiangshan

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
2. "Route Map: Guandu". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
3. "Over 5 million Easy Cards sold". The China Post. 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2010-06-20.

Coordinates: 25°07′33″N 121°28′02″E / 25.125805°N 121.467338°E