The Taipei Metro

Taipei Rapid Transit System

The Taipei Metro, more commonly known as the MRT or formally as the Taipei Rapid Transit System, is a rapid transit system serving metropolitan Taipei in Taiwan. The system is built and operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation and consists of 89 stations and of revenue track...

 Xinbeitou Station is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou Branch Line

Xinbeitou Branch Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou Branch Line is an elevated, high-capacity branch line of the Tamsui Line. It first opened for service on March 28, 1997...

 located in Beitou District, Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

 Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

The elevated station features an island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 and one exit. The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot spring

Hot spring

A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...

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TRA Station

• April 1, 1916: The station opens as the terminus for the Xinbeitou Line as "Xinbeitou Parking Station".
• 1937: Re-opens after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration.
• July 15, 1988: Service ceases with the discontinuation of service of the TRA
  Taiwan Railway Administration
  The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...
  
   Tamsui Line.

Taipei Metro Station

• March 28, 1997: Opened for service with the opening of the Xinbeitou Branch Line
  Xinbeitou Branch Line (TRTS)
  The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou Branch Line is an elevated, high-capacity branch line of the Tamsui Line. It first opened for service on March 28, 1997...
  
  .

Station layout

2F	Platform 1	← toward Beitou Beitou Station The Taipei Metro Beitou Station is a station on Red Line , located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.-Station overview:The station is an elevated structure with one island... (terminus)
	Island platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , Doors will open on the right/left
	Platform 2	← toward Beitou Beitou Station The Taipei Metro Beitou Station is a station on Red Line , located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of station can be traced back the same name station of the now-defunct TRA Tamsui Line and Xinbeitou Line.-Station overview:The station is an elevated structure with one island... (terminus)
Street Level	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information counter, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

Note: Since this station is the terminus of the branch line, one platform is designated as the arrival platform and the other as the departure platform. However, in actual service only one platform is used at any given time.

Exits

• Single Exit: Intersection of Daye Rd. and Guangming Rd.
  

Around the station

• Beitou Hot Springs
• Beitou Park
• Weigo Private Senior High School
• Weigo Elementary School
• Beitou Jr. High School
• Xinmin Jr. High School
• Yixian Elementary School
• Taipei City Library (Beitou Branch)
• Beitou Hot Springs Museum
• Ketagalan Culture Center
• Armed Forces Beitou Hospital