Guting metro station

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.

Guting

古亭
Taipei Metro
Taipei metro station
Platform
Chinese name
Chinese古亭
Literal meaningAncient pavilion
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔtíng
Bopomofoㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
Wade–GilesKu³-ting²
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳKú-thìn
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKóo-t'îng
General information
LocationB1F 164-1 Sec 2 Roosevelt Rd
Zhongzheng and Da'an, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates 25.0266°N 121.5228°E / 25.0266; 121.5228
Line(s) Songshan–Xindian line
Zhonghe–Xinlu line
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesAccess available
Other information
Station codeG09, O05
Websiteweb.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=G09+O05-041
History
Opened24 December 1998[1]
Key dates
11 November 1999Service to Xindian added
30 September 2012Zhonghe–Xinlu line added
15 November 2014Songshan–Xindian line added
Passengers
201721.956 million per year[2]Decrease 2.01%
Rank(Ranked 15th of 109)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Taipower Building
Terminus or
towards Xindian
Songshan–Xindian line CKS Memorial Hall
towards Songshan
Dongmen
towards Huilong or Luzhou
Zhonghe–Xinlu line Dingxi
towards Nanshijiao

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

See also

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). 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.
  5. "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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