Sanchong metro station

Sanchong (Chinese: 三重) is a station of the Zhonghe–Xinlu line on Taipei Metro and the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan.^[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.^[3] It is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which opened on 2 March 2017.

Sanchong 三重
General information
Location	B1 36 Jieyun Rd Sanchong, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro Corporation Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu line (O15) Taoyuan Airport MRT (A2)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground/Elevated
History
Opened	2012-01-05
Key dates
2017-03-02	Airport MRT added
Passengers
Taipei Metro: 13,590 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank	Taipei Metro: 99 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Xianse Temple towards Huilong Zhonghe–Xinlu line Cailiao towards Nanshijiao Preceding station Taoyuan Metro Following station New Taipei Industrial Park towards Laojie River Taoyuan Airport MRT Commuter Taipei Main Station Terminus

Sanchong metro station
Chinese	三重
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sānchóng Bopomofo ㄙㄢㄔㄨㄥˊ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sâm-chhùng
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	三重埔
Transcriptions Southern Min Hokkien POJ Saⁿ-têng-po͘ Tâi-lô Sann-tîng-poo

Station overview

Orange Line platform

Station faregates

The Orange Line section is a four-level, underground station has an island platform.^[4] It is located beneath Jieyun Rd., Lane 3 and Shuhong East Rd, near the Erchong flood diversion channel.^[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,^[6] but opened for service earlier on 5 January 2012.^[3]

Sanchong station is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which is a four-level, elevated station with an island platform.^[7]

Construction

Excavation depth for the Zhonghe-Xinlu station is 19.2 m (63 ft 0 in). It is 221.4 m (726 ft 5 in) in length and 21.55 m (70 ft 8 in) wide.^[8] It has three entrances, one accessibility elevator, and three vent shafts.^[4] Two of the entrances are located next to a joint development lot. An 8,000 m² (86,111 sq ft) plot of land beside the station is being set aside for joint development projects.^[5] The entrance features a double arch-shaped glass roof.

The Taoyuan Airport MRT station features three more elevators and one more exit, exit 1A.^[9]

Design

The Zhonghe-Xinlu station design is based on a theme of "Waterfront Green Land" with walls and floors inlaid with various materials to form patterns, such as rushing water.^[5] The Taoyuan Airport MRT features an installation art named "conveyor belt of dreams and memories", located on the platform level.^[10]

Station layout

Airport MRT Commuter train arriving at station

4F	Platform 1	←   Airport MRT Commuter toward Huanbei (New Taipei Industrial Park) ←   Airport MRT Express does not stop here
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	Airport MRT Commuter toward Taipei (terminus) →   Airport MRT Express does not stop here →
2F	Lobby	Station lobby, information counter, automatic ticket machines, faregates
Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B3	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B4	Platform 1	← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Huilong (O16 Xianse Temple)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O14 Cailiao) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No. 36, Jieyun Rd., near Shuhong E. Rd.
• Exit 1A: In the middle of the cross-levee bridge next to the station, New Taipei Metropolitan Park. ^[9]
• Exit 2: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 22)
• Exit 3: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 19)

Around the station

• Erchong Floodway
  • Erchong Floodway Park
• Jimei Elementary School
• Sanchong High School
• New Taipei Bridge
• Chongxin Bridge
• Zhongxing Bridge
• New Taipei Metropolitan Park

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. "Sanchong". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
3. "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
4. "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
5. "( O5 ) Sanchong". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
6. 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通 市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
7. "A2車站影片簡介". MRT Engineering Office, Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
8. "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
9. "乘車指南三重站". www.tymetro.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-05-01.
10. "A2-夢想與回憶的輸送帶". 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2024-05-01.

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