Sanchong metro station

Sanchong (Chinese: 三重) is a station of the Zhonghe–Xinlu line on Taipei Metro and the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.[3] It is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT.

Sanchong

三重

Chinese name
Chinese三重站
General information
LocationB1 36 Jieyun Rd
Sanchong, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
  • Zhonghe–Xinlu Line (O15)
  •   Taoyuan Airport MRT (A2)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground/Elevated
History
Opened2012-01-05
Key dates
2017-03-02Airport MRT added
Passengers
Taipei Metro: 8,723 daily (2016)[1]
RankTaipei Metro: 99 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Xianse Temple
towards Huilong
 Zhonghe–Xinlu line Cailiao
towards Nanshijiao
Preceding station Taoyuan Metro Following station
New Taipei Industrial Park
towards Huanbei
 Taoyuan Airport MRT
Commuter
 Taipei Main Station
Terminus

Station overview
Orange Line platform
Station faregates

The Orange Line section is a four-level, underground station has an island platform.[4] It is located beneath Jieyun Rd., Lane 3 and Shuhong East Rd, near the Erchong flood diversion channel.[5] It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,[6] but opened for service earlier on 5 January 2012.[3]

Sanchong station is a transfer station with the Taoyuan Airport MRT, which is a four-level, elevated station with an island platform.[7]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is 19.2 m (63 ft). It is 221.4 m (726 ft) in length and 21.55 m (70.7 ft) wide.[8] It has three entrances, one accessibility elevator, and three vent shafts.[4] Two of the entrances are located next to a joint development lot. An 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) plot of land beside the station is being set aside for joint development projects.[5] The entrance features a double arch-shaped glass roof.

Design

The Line 6 station design is based on a theme of "Waterfront Green Land" with walls and floors inlaid with various materials to form patterns (such as rushing water).[5]

Station layout
Airport MRT Commuter train arriving at station
4F Platform 1 ←   Airport MRT Commuter toward Huanbei (New Taipei Industrial Park)
←   Airport MRT Express does not stop here
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2   Airport MRT Commuter toward Taipei (terminus) →
  Airport MRT Express does not stop here →
2F Lobby Station lobby, information counter, automatic ticket machines, faregates
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B3 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 1)
B4 Platform 1 ← Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O16 Xianse Temple)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O14 Cailiao) →

Exits
  • Exit 1: No. 36, Jieyun Rd., near Shuhong E. Rd.
  • Exit 2: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 22)
  • Exit 3: Jieyun Rd. (near Lane 19)

Around the station
  • Erchong Floodway
    • Erchong Floodway Park
  • Jimei Elementary School
  • Sanchong High School
  • New Taipei Bridge
  • Chongxin Bridge
  • Zhongxing Bridge

References
  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. "Sanchong". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. "MRT Xinzhuang line begins commercial service". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. "Introduction to Xinzhuang MRT Line" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2008-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. "( O5 ) Sanchong". Comprehensive Planning Division, Civil Engineering and Architectural Design Division. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  6. 黃村杉 (2010-03-18). "北縣／捷運新莊線搶先通　市民「樂」官員「愁」". NOWnews. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  7. "A2車站影片簡介". MRT Engineering Office, Bureau of High Speed Rail, MOTC. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  8. "捷運車站建築設計 後續路網 新莊線-縣轄段各車站透視圖說明". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

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