Far Eastern Hospital metro station
Far Eastern Hospital (Chinese: 亞東醫院; pinyin: Yǎdōng Yīyuàn) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3]
Far Eastern Hospital 亞東醫院 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Taipei metro station | |||||||||||||||||
![]() Fare gates | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 亞東醫院 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 亚东医院 | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | B1F 17 Sec 2 Nanya S Rd Banqiao District, New Taipei City Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24.9986°N 121.4526°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Access available | ||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BL05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | web | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 2006-05-31[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 15.510 million per year[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 39 out of 108 | ||||||||||||||||
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Station layout
| Street Level | Exit | Far Eastern Memorial Hospital |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, ticket machine, information desk, one-way faregates Restrooms (Inside fare zone) |
| B2 | Platform 1 | ← |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → → | |

The two-level underground station makes use of island platforms and has three exits. The station is 243 meters long and 20.5 meters wide.[4] Blue line trains from Kunyang or Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center terminate here during non-rush hours.
Design
The entrance to the station was designed as an arch bridge (from "qiao" in Banqiao, meaning "bridge"). It is also meant to represent a "cloud wall", a characteristic of traditional Chinese gardening; the station is located next to Yuanzhi Memorial Garden.[4]
Public art in the station consists of a piece titled "River Romance", which combined LED lamps with glass sticks to create a color-changing "river of time". Poems are engraved on the glass sticks, which look like moving waves from a distance.[5]
Around the station
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
- Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology
- New Taipei City Library
- Taipei Far Eastern Telecom Park
- TPKC Cloud Computing Center
- A.mart Banqiao Nanya Store
References
- "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- "臺北市交通統計查詢系統". dotstat.taipei.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- "Route Map".
- "工程線上 Status Report: 亞東醫院站出入口 外牆景觀工程特色". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- "Public Art on the Tucheng Line". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
