Far Eastern Hospital metro station

Far Eastern Hospital (Chinese: 亞東醫院; pinyin: Yǎdōng Yīyuàn) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.^[3]

Far Eastern Hospital 亞東醫院
Taipei metro station
Fare gates
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	亞東醫院
Simplified Chinese	亚东医院
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yǎdōng Yīyuàn Bopomofo ㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧ ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄢˋ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Â-tûng Yî-yèn Southern Min Tâi-lô A-tāng Bēnn-īnn
General information
Location	B1F 17 Sec 2 Nanya S Rd Banqiao District, New Taipei City Taiwan
Coordinates	24.9986°N 121.4526°E / 24.9986; 121.4526
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Access available
Other information
Station code	BL05
Website	web.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=BL05-080
History
Opened	2006-05-31[1]
Passengers
2018	15.510 million per year[2]  10.37%
Rank	39 out of 108
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Haishan towards Dingpu Bannan line Fuzhong towards Nangang Exhib Center or Kunyang

Station layout

Street Level	Exit	Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
B1	Concourse	Lobby, ticket machine, information desk, one-way faregates Restrooms (Inside fare zone)
B2	Platform 1	← Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL06 Fuzhong)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Bannan line toward Dingpu (BL04 Haishan) → → Bannan line termination platform →

Far Eastern Hospital station exit 1: An arch bridge style entrance.

The two-level underground station makes use of island platforms and has three exits. The station is 243 meters long and 20.5 meters wide.^[4] Blue line trains from Kunyang or Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center terminate here during non-rush hours.

Design

The entrance to the station was designed as an arch bridge (from "qiao" in Banqiao, meaning "bridge"). It is also meant to represent a "cloud wall", a characteristic of traditional Chinese gardening; the station is located next to Yuanzhi Memorial Garden.^[4]

Public art in the station consists of a piece titled "River Romance", which combined LED lamps with glass sticks to create a color-changing "river of time". Poems are engraved on the glass sticks, which look like moving waves from a distance.^[5]

Around the station

• Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
• Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology
• New Taipei City Library
• Taipei Far Eastern Telecom Park
• TPKC Cloud Computing Center
• A.mart Banqiao Nanya Store

References

1. "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
3. "Route Map".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "工程線上 Status Report: 亞東醫院站出入口 外牆景觀工程特色". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
5. "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-09.