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Qilian metro station

Coordinates: 25°07′15″N 121°30′23″E / 25.1209309°N 121.5062546°E / 25.1209309; 121.5062546
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Qilian

R20 唭哩岸
Qili'an Station platform
Chinese name
Chinese唭哩岸
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQīlǐ'àn
Bopomofoㄑㄧ ㄌㄧˇ ㄢˋ
Wade–GilesCh'i¹-li³ An⁴
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳKhî-lî-ngan
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKî-lí-gān
Tâi-lôKî-lí-gān
Ketagalan name
KetagalanKi-Irigan
General information
LocationNo. 301, Donghua Street Sec. 2
Beitou, Taipei
Taiwan
Operated byTaipei Metro
Line(s) Tamsui–Xinyi line (R20)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened28 March 1997
Passengers
14,216 daily (December 2020)[1]
Rank92 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Qiyan
towards Tamsui or Beitou
Tamsui–Xinyi line Shipai
towards Xiangshan or Daan

The Taipei Metro Qilian station (formerly transliterated as Chili An Station until 2003) is located in the Beitou District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Tamsui Line. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line.

Station overview

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Qilian station exterior.

The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and one exit.[2] The station is situated between Donghua Street and Xian Street, near the entrance of Gongguan. The washrooms are inside the entrance area.

History

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This station was opened as "Kirigan Station" (Japanese: 唭里岸) on 17 August 1915 under the Tamsui Railroad Line, and was renamed "Shihpai" after the war. The old railway entrance was at Ziqiang Street, Lane 141. It was closed on 15 July 1988 and reopened as a metro station on 28 March 1997.

Station layout

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2F Platform 1 Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R21 Qiyan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R19 Shipai)
Street Level Comcourse Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates, 7-Eleven
Restrooms

References

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  1. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ "Route Map: Qilian". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

25°07′15″N 121°30′23″E / 25.1209309°N 121.5062546°E / 25.1209309; 121.5062546