Fuxinggang metro station

Fuxinggang station (Chinese: 復興崗; pinyin: Fùxīnggāng; formerly transliterated as Fuhsing Kang Station until 2003) is a Taipei Metro station on the Tamsui Line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Fuxinggang R23 復興崗
Fuxinggang station Entrance
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	復興崗
Simplified Chinese	复兴岗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fùxīnggāng Bopomofo ㄈㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄤ Wade–Giles Fu4-hsing1 Kang1 Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Fu̍k-hîn-kông Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ho̍k-heng-kang Tâi-lô Ho̍k-hing-kong
General information
Location	No. 10, Lane 53, Zhongyang North Road, Sec. 3 Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Tamsui–Xinyi line (R23)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
History
Opened	28 March 1997
Passengers
7,359 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank	105 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Zhongyi towards Tamsui Tamsui–Xinyi line Beitou towards Xiangshan

The name of the station is derived from the nearby Fu Hsing Kang College, a military academy.^[2] The Taipei Metro Beitou Depot is located directly south of the station.

Station overview

Fuxinggang station front.

The station is at-grade with two side platforms connected via skyway and hosts two exits; exit 1 is at grade and faces north towards Zhongyang North Road, while exit 2 is located at the southern end of the skyway and leads into Beitou Depot via a bridge. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

History

This station was opened temporarily as Shenyunhui Station (Chinese: 省運會車站), a TRA railway station, from October 25 to 31, 1954 for the national sports day event held at Fu Hsing Kang College.^[3] The metro station was opened on 28 March 1997.

Station layout

2F	Connecting Level	Entrance/Exit, Skyway for Platform Connection
Street Level
	Concourse (to Platform 1)
		Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui (R24 Zhongyi)
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan (R22 Beitou)→
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Fuxinggang station ^[4] is as follows:

Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat − Sun and P.H.	Daily
Tamsui–Xinyi line
R28 Tamsui	06:06	06:06	01:03
R02 Xiangshan	06:02	06:02	00:12

Trivia

• The only pedestrian bridge over the tracks of Beitou Depot is located beyond exit 2 of the station with no other access, necessitating travelling through the station (and paying a NT$20 fare if not already in the station) for transit.

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. 李東明. "復興崗-反攻大陸的故鄉". 永遠的北淡線 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 玉山社. pp. 150–155. ISBN 957-8246-32-3.
3. "省運大會期間__國立公共資訊圖書館數位典藏服務網". National Library Public Information. 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
4. "Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation - Metro Service First & Last Trains". Retrieved 2019-10-25.

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