Xiaonanmen Station (Taipei Metro)

Xiaonanmen (formerly Hsiaonanmen) 小南門
Xiaonanmen Station Platform
Location	B1F., No. 22, Aiguo W. Rd. Zhongzheng, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 3 (G12)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 31, 2000
Traffic
Passengers	8,813 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 78th of 89)

Xiaonanmen Station
Traditional Chinese	小南門站
Simplified Chinese	小南门站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiaǒnánmén Station Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Hsiao^3-nan^2-men^2 Chan^3 Tongyong Pinyin Siaǒnánmén Station

The Taipei Metro Xiaonanmen Station is an underground station on the Xiaonanmen Line located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Station overview

Xiaonanmen Station concourse.

An unused platform at Xiaonanmen Station prior to the opening of Xinyi Line.

This two-level, underground station has an island platform and four exits.^[2] The station is surrounded by government buildings and education institutions, serving mainly students and civil servants; thus, it remains relatively quiet for most of the day.

In 2010, the station was used for the filming of a scene for a Taiwanese romantic comedy film, Au Revoir Taipei (一頁台北). The station was emptied for filming and a train was arranged specifically for shooting.^[3]

History

• August 31, 2000: The station opened for revenue service.
• March 2006: The station was a target of serial vandalism where three of its exits were found to have had their glass panels smashed.^[4]

Operations

The station was formerly served by a shuttle service between Ximen and CKS Memorial Hall. Upon the opening of the Xinyi Line in November 2013, the shuttle was extended south to Taipower Building. Upon the opening of the Songshan Line in November 2014, the shuttle was replaced by trains running the full-length Line 3 service between Songshan and Xindian.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse
		Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (Outside fare zone)
B2	Platform 1	←   Line 3 toward Songshan (Ximen)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Line 3 toward Xindian/ Taipower Building (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall) →

Exits

• Exit 1: North side of Aiguo W. Rd., near Yanping S. Rd., adjacent to the Ministry of National Defense
• Exit 2: South side of Aiguo W. Rd., near Yanping S. Rd.
• Exit 3: Southeast side of the intersection of Aiguo W. Rd. and Boai Rd.
• Exit 4: Southwest side of the intersection of Aiguo W. Rd. and Chongqing S. Rd.

Around the station

• Ministry of National Defense
• Judicial Yuan
• Ministry of the Interior National Immigration Agency General Headquarters and Taipei Service Station
• Taipei Fucheng Xiaonanmen
• Taiwan Taipei District Court
• National Education Radio
• Chunghwa Postal Museum
• Ministry of Justice
• Police Radio Station
• National Museum of History
• Taipei Botanical Garden
• Taipei Municipal University of Education
• Soochow University (Downtown Campus)
• Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School
• Nanmen Junior High School

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Ximen toward Songshan		Line 3 Xiaonanmen		Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall toward Xindian

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: Xiaonanmen". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
3. "Taipei Film Commission is a breath of fresh air". The China Post. Taiwan (ROC). February 27, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
4. 小南門站鋼彈襲窗 4出入口3掛彩, Liberty Times, March 23, 2006

Coordinates: 25°02′08″N 121°30′39″E / 25.035637°N 121.510787°E