Kengkou metro station

25°5′11.5″N 121°15′59.1″E

Kengkou

A11/G32 坑口
Taoyuan Metro
Station entrance
General information
Location460 Kengguo Rd
Luzhu, Taoyuan City
Taiwan
Operated byTaoyuan Metro Corporation
Line(s)  Taoyuan Airport MRT (A11)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeA11
History
Opened2017-03-02
Services
Preceding station Taoyuan Metro Following station
Airport Terminal 1
towards Laojie River
 Taoyuan Airport MRT
Commuter
 Shanbi
towards Taipei Main Station
Not to be confused with Kengkou station (Guangzhou Metro) in Guangzhou, China or Hang Hau station in Hong Kong.

Kengkou (Chinese: 坑口站; pinyin: Kēngkǒu Zhàn) is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[1] The station opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.[2]

Station overview

This elevated station has two island platforms and four tracks, although Express trains do not currently stop at this station.[3] The station is 108.0 metres (354.3 ft) long and 35.8 metres (117 ft) wide. It opened for trial service on 2 February 2017, and for commercial service 2 March 2017.[4][2]

It will be a future transfer station with the Green line (G32) of Taoyuan Metro.

History
  • 2017-03-02: The station opened for commercial service with the opening of the Taipei-Huanbei section of the Airport MRT.[5]

Station overview
2F Platform 1 Reserved for Luchu Depot (not in service)
Island platform, doors open on the right
Platform 2 ←   Airport MRT toward Huanbei (Airport Terminal 1)
Platform 3 →   Airport MRT toward Taipei (Shanbi) →
Island platform, doors open on the right
Platform 4 Reserved for Luchu Depot (not in service)
Street Level Station lobby, connecting concourse Entrance/Exit, information counter
Automatic ticket machines, faregates, restrooms

Around the station
  • Kengkou Painted Village (坑口彩繪村) (about 850 meters north of the station)

Exits
  • Exit 1: Southwest of Kengguo Rd.

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kengkou Station (Taoyuan).
  1. "Kengkou Station". Taoyuan Metro. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. "Airport MRT begins commercial operations". The China Post. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. "A11車站立體圖 Floor Plan". Taoyuan Metro. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  4. "Airport MRT to begin commercial operations". The China Post. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  5. Shan, Shelley (2 March 2017). "Airport MRT to officially launch today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 March 2017.


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