Houjing metro station

Houjing is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Houjing 後勁
Houjing station exit 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	後勁車站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Bopomofo ㄏㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Hou^4jing^4 Ch'ê^1chan^4 Tongyong Pinyin Hòujìng Chejhàn
General information
Other names	National Kaohsiung Marine University; 海科大
Location	Nanzih, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Red line (R20)
Platforms	Two Side platform
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	2008-03-09
Passengers
2,036 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Following station Metropolitan Park towards Gangshan South Red line Nanzih Export Processing Zone towards Siaogang

Station overview

Sidewalk near exit 2 of Houjing station

The station is a three-level, elevated station with two Side platform and three exits.[2] It is 153 meters long and is located near the intersection of Jiachang Rd. and Haijhuan Rd.[3]

Station layout

3F	Side platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Nanzih Export Processing Zone)
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Metropolitan Park) →
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right
2F	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near Exits 4)
1F
	Street Level	Entrance/Exit

Exits

• Exit 1: Main gate of Houjing Junior High School
• Exit 2: National Kaohsiung Marine University
• Exit 3: Houjing Activity Center
• Accessibility Elevator located on both side of the station

Around the station

• Houjin River
• National University of Kaohsiung
• National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
• Houjing Junior High School
• Houjing Elementary School

References

1. "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
2. "後勁站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
3. "後勁站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

External links

• KRTC Houjing Station(in English, Chinese, and Japanese)