Guting metro station

Guting

古亭
Guting; 古亭
Taipei metro station
	Platform
Chinese name
Chinese	古亭
Literal meaning	Ancient pavilion
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǔtíng
Bopomofo	ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
Wade–Giles	Ku³-ting²
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Kú-thìn
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Kóo-t'îng
General information
Location	B1F 164-1 Sec 2 Roosevelt Rd; Zhongzheng and Da'an, Taipei; Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0266°N 121.5228°E
Line(s)	Songshan–Xindian line; Zhonghe–Xinlu line
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Access available
Other information
Station code	G09, O05
Website	web.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=G09+O05-041
History
Opened	24 December 1998[1]
Key dates
11 November 1999	Service to Xindian added
30 September 2012	Zhonghe–Xinlu line added
15 November 2014	Songshan–Xindian line added
Passengers
2017	21.956 million per year[2] 2.01%
Rank	(Ranked 15th of 109)
Services

Guting (Chinese: 古亭, formerly transliterated as Kuting Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3] The defunct Hsintien line also had a station of the same name. However, its location is not the same as the current station.

Station overview

Guting station platform 1

The station is a three-level, underground structure with two island platforms and nine exits. The two platforms are stacked, allowing for cross-platform interchange between the Songshan–Xindian line and the Zhonghe–Xinlu line. Public art at the station is titled "Chance of Meeting" and features 12 face masks representing contrasts such as day and night, noisy and quiet, time and space, etc.[4] It was selected by international competition and cost NT$4,999,000.

Public art

The station is home to several public art pieces. By the escalators connecting the two platform levels, a Medium titled "Enterprise" displays a holographic flight trajectory of a Small and Medium Enterprise Administration.[5] Along some of the entrance hallways, "Administration" shows light boxes with images clouds in a blue sky.[5] On the upper platform in "Platform, Stage", elements from Taiwanese folk arts and Taipei Language Institute have been transformed into abstract elements and institute into two curtains of lines and language surfaces.[5]

Station layout

Street Level	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Concourse	Lobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk
B2	Platform 1	Songshan-Xindian Line toward Songshan (G10 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right for Songshan-Xindian Line, left for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line
	Platform 2	Zhonghe-Xinlu Line toward Luzhou / Huilong (O06 Dongmen) →
B3	Platform 3	← Songshan-Xindian Line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G08 Taipower Building)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for Songshan-Xindian Line, right for Zhonghe-Xinlu Line
	Platform 4	← Zhonghe-Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O04 Dingxi)

Around the station

References

"Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
"臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
"Route Map: Guting". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
"Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
"Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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[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). Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[3] "Route Map: Guting". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

[4] "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-05.

[art-5] "Public Art on the Xindian Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-06.