Central Park Station (KMRT)

Central Park 中央公園
Central Park Station
Location	Sinsing, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Red Line (R9)
Platforms	One island platform
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	March 9, 2008
Traffic
Passengers	daily (Jan. 2011)[1]

Central Park Station
Traditional Chinese	中央公園車站
Simplified Chinese	中央公园车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Gōngyuán Chēzhàn Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ 一ㄤ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Chung^1-yang^1 Kung^1yuan^2 Ch'ê^1-chan^4 Tongyong Pinyin Jhōngyang Gōngyuán Chējhàn

The Kaohsiung MRT Central Park Station is a station on the Red Line in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the nearby Central Park.

Station Overview

Central Park Station courtyard.

Central Park Station platform.

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and three exits.^[2] It is 197 meters long and is located at the intersections of Zhongshan 1st Rd., Minsheng 2nd Rd., and Wufu 3rd Rd.^[3]

It was originally planned to be named "Shinkuchan Station", but was later changed to its current name. The station was designed by British architect Richard Rogers.^[4][5] Windmill-shaped flowers cover the courtyard grass areas.^[6]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (West side outside fare zone, near Exit 1)
B2	Platform 1	← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Sanduo Shopping District)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Formosa Boulevard) →

Exits

• Exit 1: Central Park, Urban Spotlight
• Exit 2: Sinsing High School, Datong 262 Shopping District
• Exit 3: Sinsing Elementary School, Chunghwa Telecom

Around the Station

• Central Park
• Glory Pier
• Holy Rosary Cathedral
• Urban Spotlight Arcade
• Shinkuchan
• Talee's Department Store
• Star Place Department Store
• Datong Department Store (Wufu Branch)
• Sinsing High School
• Sinsing Elementary School
• Datong Elementary School
• Datong Hospital

Nearby stations

Preceding station		Kaohsiung MRT		Following station
Formosa Boulevard toward Gangshan South		Red Line		Sanduo Shopping District toward Siaogang

References

1. "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
2. "中央公園站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
3. "中央公園車站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
4. "Architecture for people". Taipei Times. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
5. "Famous architect's landmark designs to be exhibited in Taipei". Central News Agency. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
6. "Kaohsiung, a city pulsating with life". China.org.cn. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2010-07-10.

Coordinates: 22°37′29″N 120°18′4.7″E / 22.62472°N 120.301306°E