Dongmen Station

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File:Dongmen Station Platform 1.JPG Dongmen Station Platform 1
Location	Sec. 2, Xinyi Rd. Zhongzheng and Daan, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 2 (R10)      Line 4 (O14)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	September 30, 2012

The Taipei Metro Dongmen Station is a station on the Xinzhuang Line located beneath Xinyi Rd, Sec. 2 between Jinshan S. Rd. and Yongkang St. in Zhongzheng and Da'an districts in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an interchange station with Xinyi Line, Xinzhuang Line, which opened on 24 November 2013. The station opened on September 30, 2012 with the opening of the Zhongxiao Xinsheng to Guting segment of the Xinzhuang Line.

Construction

The main diaphragm wall of the station is 1.5 m (4.9 ft) thick and 72 m (236 ft) meters deep, thus making it the deepest diaphragm wall of all Taipei Metro stations. Construction on this part started in March 2004 and was completed on April 26, 2007. It was announced that on July 15, 2010, the intersection of Jinshan South Road and Xinyi Road would be restored to its pre-construction state.

Five tunnels

Because the station is the interchange station of the Xinyi and Xinzhuang Lines, five tunnels intersect in a twisted form beneath the nearby Hangzhou South Road: two Xinyi Line tunnels, two Xinzhuang Line tunnels, and a common duct. They are stacked and intersected underneath existing buildings and run along Hangzhou South Rd., Sec. 2. Construction on the five tunnels began on September 15, 2005 with the start of construction on the Xinyi Line and was completed by January 17, 2009. Of the subway tunnels, the shallowest is the northbound Xinzhuang Line tunnel at 13.4 m (44 ft) deep, while the deepest is the Xinyi Line southbound tunnel at 25.3 m (83 ft) deep. The common duct, by far the shallowest of the five, is 7–8 m (23–26 ft) underground.

Station overview

The station is a four-level, underground station with island platforms for both the Xinyi and Xinzhuang Lines. The platforms are stacked, allowing for cross-platform interchange between the two lines. The Xinyi Line station is 217 m (712 ft) meters long and 24.7 m (81 ft) meters wide. It has eight entrances/exits, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.

File:Dongmen Station Platform 2.JPG

Dongmen Station Platform 2.

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Concourse	Lobby, toilets, one-way ticket machine, information desk
B2	Platform 1	→   Line 4 toward Luzhou/ Huilong (Zhongxiao Xinsheng) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	←   Line 2 toward Tamsui/ Beitou (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)
B4	Platform 3	←   Line 4 toward Nanshijiao (Guting)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	→   Line 2 toward Xiangshan/ Daan (Daan Park) →

Note: Platform 3,4 is the lowest level platform in the system.

Exits

• Exit 1: Xinyi Rd., and Linyi St.
• Exit 2: Xinyi Rd. (Dongmen Market)
• Exit 3: Xinyi Rd., and Jinshan S. Rd.
• Exit 4: Xinyi Rd., and Lishui St.
• Exit 5: Xinyi Rd., and Yongkang St.
• Exit 6: Xinyi Rd., and Lianyun St.
• Exit 7: Xinyi Rd., and Lianyun St.
• Exit 8: Tamjiang St. (Dongmen Post Office)

Around the station

• Yongkang Street
• Chunghwa Post
• Yongkang Park
• Din Tai Fung (original Xinyi store)
• Dongmen Market
• Taipei Municipal Jin-Hua Elementary School
• Chunghwa Telecom (between this station and Guting Station)
• Remains of Taipei prison walls
• Karawari Jinhu Community (between this station and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station)
• Taipei Grand Mosque
• Chang Foundation Museum
• Industrial Development Bureau
• Jinhua Park

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall toward Tamsui		Line 2 Xinyi		Daan Park toward Xiangshan
Zhongxiao Xinsheng toward Huilong or Luzhou		Line 4 Xinzhuang		Guting toward Nanshijiao