Zhongxiao Dunhua Station

Zhongxiao Dunhua 忠孝敦化
A train approaching at the Zhongxiao Dunhua Station platform
Location	No. 47, Sec. 4, Zhongxiao East Rd. Daan, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 5 (BL11)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	December 24, 1999
Traffic
Passengers	73,690 daily (2011)[1] (Ranked 6th of 89)

Zhongxiao Dunhua Station
Chinese	忠孝敦化站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Zhongxiao Dunhua Station is a station on the Nangang Line (Blue Line) located in Da-an District, Taipei, Taiwan.^[2] The station is located in the heart of Taipei's busy Eastern District.

Station overview

East Metro Mall entrance to the station.

Zhongxiao Dunhua Station platform.

The station is a three-level, underground station with an island platform and eight exits. It is located around the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Dunhua South Rd (hence the name of the station). It connects through the East Metro Mall to the neighboring Zhongxiao Fuxing Station.

History

• December 24, 1999: Begins service with the opening of the Taipei City Hall to Longshan Temple segment.
• May 3, 2009: A 62-year-old woman jumped off Platform 2 and was immediately killed. The Taipei City Hall-Zhongxiao Fuxing segment was single-tracked until past midnight.

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mall	East Metro Mall
B2	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (Outside fare zone, near Exit 2 and 3)
B3	Platform 1	←   Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→   Line 5 toward Dingpu/ Far Eastern Hospital (Zhongxiao Fuxing) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No.175, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4
• Exit 2: No.203, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4
• Exit 3: No.182, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (Ming Yao Department Store)
• Exit 4: No.166, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4 (San Want Hotel)
• Exit 5: No.148, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4
• Exit 6: No.219, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1
• Exit 7: No.151, Zhongxiao E. Rd. Sec. 4
• Exit 8: No.209, Dunhua S. Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

• Dinho Shopping District
• Eslite Bookstore (Dunhua Branch)
• Singapore Trade Office in Taipei
• Sogo (Dunhua Branch)
• MING YAO Department Store - Exit 3
• Breeze Center (Zhongxiao Branch)
• The International Commercial Bank of China (between this station and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station)
• San Want Hotel - Exit 4
• Lee Shih-chiao Art Museum
• Fuxing Elementary School
• Renai Junior High School
• Zhongshan Hospital
• Renai Elementary School

Underground Shopping

• East Metro Mall (connects directly to the station, toward Zhongxiao Fuxing)

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Zhongxiao Fuxing toward Dingpu		Line 5 Nangang		Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

References

1. "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
2. "Route Map: Zhongxiao Dunhua". Archived from the original on August 8, 2010.

Coordinates: 25°02′30″N 121°33′02″E / 25.041551°N 121.550593°E