St Ignatius High School metro station

St. Ignatius High School O52 徐匯中學
St. Ignatius High School station platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	徐匯中學
Simplified Chinese	徐汇中学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xúhuì Zhōngxué Bopomofo ㄒㄩˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄩㄝˊ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Chhì-fi Chûng-ho̍k Southern Min Tâi-lô Tshî-hūi Tiong-hak
General information
Location	B1, No. 3, Zhongshan 1st Rd. Luzhou, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu line (O52) Circular line (Y24)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	3 November 2010
Passengers
25,601 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank	63 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Sanmin Senior High School towards Luzhou Zhonghe–Xinlu line Sanhe Junior High School towards Nanshijiao
Future services Preceding station New Taipei Metro Following station Zhonglu towards Jiannan Road Circular line after Phase 2 Fenziwei towards Taipei Zoo

The Taipei Metro St. Ignatius High School station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Luzhou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on 3 November 2010. It will be a transfer station with the Circular line in 2029.

Station overview

This three-level, underground station is located at the intersection of Jixian Rd. and Zhongxian 1st Rd.^[2] and opened on 3 November 2010 with the opening of the Luzhou Line.^[3][4]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 32 meters. It is 151 meters in length and 23 meters wide.^[5] It has two entrances, one emergency exit, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.^[3] Exit B is integrated with a joint development building.

For the Circular line station, the platform level has already been set aside (according to the current station layout).^[6]

Station design

The theme for the station is "Reeds Swaying in the Moonlight", as part of a common theme of egrets for the Luzhou Line.^[3]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (South side of station outside fare zone, near exit 1)
B3	Platform 1	← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Luzhou (O53 Sanmin Senior High School)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O51 Sanhe Junior High School) →

Exits

• Exit 1: St. Ignatius High School
• Exit 2: Yongan N. Rd., Sec. 2

Around the station

• Luzhou Post Office
• St. Ignatius High School
• Yongfu Elementary School
• Nicaragua Park
• Bihua Cloth Street

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
2. "St. Ignatius High School Station". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
3. "Introduction to Luzhou MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transis Systems. 2007-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
4. "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Lines)". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, TCG. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
5. "Introduction to the MRT Luzhou Line". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
6. "St. Ignatius High School Station Information Map" (PDF). Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

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