Fu Jen University metro station

The Taipei Metro Fu Jen University station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The station opened on 5 January 2012,[3] and is named after the adjoining Fu Jen Catholic University.

Fu Jen University

O19 輔大
Fu Jen University station platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese輔大站
Simplified Chinese辅大站
General information
LocationB1, No. 510-1, Zhongzheng Rd.
Xinzhuang, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened5 January 2012
Passengers
21,289 daily (2016)[1]
Rank74 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Danfeng
towards Huilong
 Zhonghe–Xinlu line Xinzhuang
towards Nanshijiao

Station overview
The metro station public art "Veritas, Bonitas, Pulchritudo, Sanctitas" created by a Fu Jen professor is named after Fu Jen's university motto.
The public art is a mosaic tiles art, and the lights of the peace dove will flash in turn.

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongzheng Rd. and Lane 508, Zhongzheng Rd. It was originally scheduled to open in 2013,[5] but it began service earlier 5 January 2012.[3] It was originally planned as the western terminus of the Xinzhuang Line, hence the station number (O1); the new terminus will instead be Huilong.

Construction

Evacuation depth for this station was around 19 m (62 ft). It is 199.5 m (655 ft) in length and 16.55 m (54.3 ft) wide.[6] It has four entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.[4]

Station layout
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 2)
B2 Platform 1 ← Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Huilong (O20 Danfeng)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → Zhonghe–Xinlu Line toward Nanshijiao (O18 Xinzhuang) →

Exits
  • Exit 1: Zhongzheng Rd., near the main gate of Fu Jen University
  • Exit 2: Fuyin Rd, near Jianguo 1st Rd.
  • Exit 3: Zhongzheng Rd., opposite gas station
  • Exit 4: Zhongzheng Rd., beside gas station

Around the station

References
  1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  2. "Fu Jen University". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. 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. 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.
  6. "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. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
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