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Beimen G13 北門
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	北門
Simplified Chinese	北门
Literal meaning	North Gate
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běimén Wade–Giles Pei³-men² Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Pet-mùn Southern Min Tâi-lô Pak-mn̂g
General information
Location	Datong, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Songshan–Xindian line
Connections	300 m: Taoyuan Airport MRT (A1 Taipei Main Station)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	G13
History
Opened	15 November 2014; 10 years ago (15 November 2014)
Passengers
23,450 daily (December 2020)
Rank	71 out of 109 and 5 others
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Ximentowards Xindian or Taipower Building Songshan–Xindian line Zhongshantowards Songshan Preceding station Taoyuan Metro Following station Terminus Taoyuan Airport MRTtransfer at Taipei Main Station Sanchongtowards Airport Terminal 2 or Huanbei

The Taipei Metro Beimen station is a station on the Songshan–Xindian line located in Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan.

Station overview

This four-level, underground station has two side platforms. It is located beneath Tacheng St. beneath Civic Blvd. and Zhongxiao West Rd. It was scheduled to open in December 2013 with the launch of the Songshan Line. However, the opening of Beimen station was delayed until 15 November 2014.

The southeastern part of the station connects to the Taipei City Mall, which connects through to Taipei Main Station.

Public Art

The theme for this station is "Bearing Grace and Inaugurating Vision". It uses silhouette carvings to represent historical images of Old Taipei, Beimen station, and the history of railway transportation. Artworks include "The Gate of Taipei City", "Bearing Grace" series, "Locomotives" in the "Inaugurating Vision" series, and historical photos of Taipei.

History

Beimen Station was originally known as Hokumon Station (北門駅, Hokumon-eki), and opened east of the old Taiwan Railway Administration Building on 17 August 1915. It was a terminus for the Tamsui Line. It was an at-grade station with side platforms. This station was closed on 6 March 1923.

The Taipei Metro station opened on 15 November 2014.

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is around 32 m (105 ft 0 in). It is 171 m (561 ft 0 in) in length and 32 m (105 ft 0 in) wide. It has four exits, one of which is integrated with the South Wing of the National Taiwan Museum.

Taipei Workshop, a Grade 3 historical monument constructed during the era of Japanese rule, was exactly where the future Beimen station would be located. Thus, a removal project commenced on 20 October 2006 to temporarily move the structure until construction of both the Songshan line and the Taoyuan Airport MRT are completed. The building was moved 30 meters (98 ft 5 in) to the southeast, and was moved back when construction was completed.

Station layout

Street Level	Exit
B1	Underground Level	Interlinked Taipei Underground Market, Taipei Main Station, Taoyuan International Airport MRT
B2	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms
B4
	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Platform 1	← Songshan–Xindian line toward Songshan (G14 Zhongshan)
	Platform 2	→ Songshan–Xindian line toward Xindian / Taipower Building (G12 Ximen) →
	Side platform, doors open on the right

Around the station

• Dadaocheng Wharf
• Taipei North Gate
• Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan historic site
• Old Taipei Railway Workshop
• Taipei Post Office

References

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5. "鐵道停車場一覽 大正6年3月31日現在". NDL Digital Collections. National Diet Library. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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v t e Songshan–Xindian line
Stations	Songshan section Songshan Nanjing Sanmin Taipei Arena Nanjing Fuxing Songjiang Nanjing Zhongshan Beimen Xiaonanmen section Ximen Xiaonanmen Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Xindian section Guting Taipower Building Gongguan Wanlong Jingmei Dapinglin Qizhang Xindian District Office Xindian Xiaobitan branch line Xiaobitan
Rolling stock	Present rolling stock C371 C381 Former rolling stock C321
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