Nangang () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railways Administration and Taipei Metro. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the 1 series.
History Nangang Station was originally built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan in 1899 to support local industries and the growing population. Since then, the station has been upgraded three times to support tremendous growth: in 1905, in 1966 (due to the KMT moving the ROC government to Taiwan), and in 1986–1987 (to accommodate increased passenger traffic and new cargo traffic).
Expansion As with most urban train stations in Taipei, Nangang Station was converted from a surface station to an underground station as part of the TRA's Taipei Railway Underground Project, an effort to move existing surface railways from Songshan Station to east of Nangang Station underground to accommodate growing traffic and economic development in Nankang Software Park. Existing TRA platforms were successfully moved underground on 21 September 2008. The 7.6-km tunnel project cost NT$76.5 billion. The high-speed rail extension to the station opened for service in 2016.
The new station is similar to the then-new Banqiao Station in New Taipei, which was reconstructed to accommodate underground platforms and mixed-use development on the existing station site. The two-level, underground station levels accommodate expanded TRA platforms, new THSR platforms, and new MRT platforms for the Bannan line which was opened on 25 December 2008. It served as the eastern terminal until Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Bannan Line platform opened in 2011. On 3 January 2010, Exits 3 and 4 for metro station were closed for construction of a passageway with the TRA station. The entire project was completed in February 2011. Platform screen doors were installed on the Nangang line platforms in August 2015.
Public art The design of the Taipei Metro portion of the station centers around a "Nostalgia and Technology" theme with aqua green selected to signify an image of a fish pond. Paintings by artist Jimmy Liao are displayed around the station including on the platform walls. Many areas have sandblasted glass installed. On the platform, a piece titled "Rapid Transit Platform, the Transport Dock" displays images on benches to evoke memories of former industries in Nangang.
Station layout 30F-2FRuentex Nangang Station ComplexGlobal Mall Nangang StationCitylink MallCourtyard Taipei Street levelStreet levelEntrance/exit, accessibility elevator , security, taxi standB1Concourse levelConcourse, restroomsTHSR platform levelPlatform 1ATHSR towards Zuoying ()Island platformPlatform 1BTHSR towards Zuoying ()Platform 2ATHSR towards Zuoying ()Island platformPlatform 2BTHSR towards Zuoying ()Platform 3ATHSR towards Zuoying ()Island platformPlatform 3BTHSR towards Zuoying ()B2LobbyTRA ticketing, automatic ticketing, ticket gate, waiting areaRestrooms, travel information counterTRA counter, TRA manager's officeB3TRA platformsTRA control and traffic room, officesPlatform 1AWest Coast line toward Yilan line toward , - (Xike)Island platformPlatform 1BWest Coast line toward Keelung Yilan line toward Yilan, Hualien-Taitung (Xike)Platform 2AWest Coast line toward Taipei, Yilan line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)Island platformPlatform 2BWest Coast line toward Taipei, Kaohsiung Yilan line toward Shulin (Songshan Station)Platform 3ATaipei-Yilan Direct line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)Island platformPlatform 3BTaipei-Yilan Direct line Not in service (toward Toucheng, Jiaoxi)7th trackPublic works use Side platform; administrative use only
Taipei Metro Nangang Station Street levelEntrance/exitEntrance/exitB1LobbyLobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregatesRestrooms (inside ticketed area)B2Platform 1← Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center (BL23 Terminus)Island platform, doors will open on the leftPlatform 2 Bannan line toward Dingpu (BL21 Kunyang)→
HSR services Except Service 203, which departs from Taipei, Services 1334 and 696, which terminate at Taipei, and Services 583 and 598, which are local trains from Taichung - Zuoying, all other train services call at Nangang station. The fastest 1xx series travel from Nangang to Zuoying in 105 minutes.
Around the station Academia Sinica (2.3km to the southeast) Nanxing Park (next to the station) National Biotechnology Research Park (1.9km to the southeast) Nangang Software Park (1km to the northeast) Carrefour Nangang Branch (700m to the west) Taipei Music Center (900m to the southwest) Taipei Municipal Nangang Vocational High School (250m to the north) Nangang Senior High School (1.2km to the southwest) Yucheng Junior High School (850m to the northeast) Nangang Elementary School (700m to the northeast) Dongxin Elementary School (850m to the northwest)
See also List of railway stations in Taiwan Notes
References
External links
TRA Nangang Station Taiwan Railways Administration THSR Nangang Station TRTC Route Map & Timetables