Xinbeitou metro station

Xinbeitou 新北投
Xinbeitou station exterior
General information
Location	No. 700, Daye Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.136956°N 121.502368°E / 25.136956; 121.502368
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Xinbeitou branch line (R22A)
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	R22A
History
Opened	1 April 1916 (as TRA station)
Closed	15 July 1988 (as TRA station)
Rebuilt	28 March 1997 (as Taipei Metro station)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Hsin Peitou (1997-2003)
Passengers
12,477 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank	89 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Terminus Xinbeitou branch line Beitou Terminus

Xinbeitou metro station
Chinese name
Chinese	新北投
Literal meaning	New Beitou
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnběitóu Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ Wade–Giles Hsin^1 Pei^3-t'ou^2 Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn-pet-thèu Southern Min Tâi-lô Sin-pak-tâu
Japanese name
Kanji	新北投駅
Kana	しんほくとうえき
Transcriptions Romanization Shin-hokutō Eki

The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou branch line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Hsin Peitou Line.

Station overview

Xinbeitou station concourse

Xinbeitou station platform

Former railway Shin-Hokutō/Hsin Peitou station building

The two-level, elevated station features an island platform and two exits.^[2] The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot springs, such as Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Plum Garden, Ketaglan Culture Center, Beitou Hot Springs, Beitou Park and Sushi Express restaurant.

History

The station originally opened as the terminus for the Shin-hokutō Line as "Shin-Hokutō Station" (Japanese: 新北投驛) on 1 April 1916. It reopened on 1937 after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration. Later on, on 15 July 1988, the service was ceased with the discontinuation of Tamsui and Hsin Peitou Line.

Station layout

2F	Platform 2	← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus) (backup platform)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus)
1F (Street Level)	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to Changhua for display at the Taiwan Folk Village [zh].^[3] On 1 April 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in Beitou.^[4]

It was later reopened on 28 March 1997 with the opening of the Xinbeitou branch line.

There was a knife attack injuring 1 police officer on 29 March 2016.^[5]

Around the station

• Beitou Park
• Beitou Plum Garden

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. "捷運新北投站2號出口完工 10/5啟用". 2 October 2020.
3. Han Cheung (8 December 2024). "Taiwan in Time: The Collector of historic buildings". Retrieved 8 December 2024.
4. "Old Xinbeitou train station reappears in Taipei". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
5. "Taipei Metro knife attack leaves officer injured; suspect caught - the China Post". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-03-29.