Xinbeitou metro station

  R22AHistoryOpened1 April 1916 (as TRA station)Closed15 July 1988 (as TRA station)Rebuilt28 March 1997 (as Taipei Metro station)ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesHsin Peitou (1997-2003)Passengers12,477 daily (December 2020)^[1]Rank89 out of 109 Services

Preceding station	Taipei Metro			Following station
Terminus		Xinbeitou branch line		Beitou Terminus

Xinbeitou metro station
Chinese name
Chinese	新北投
Literal meaning	New Beitou
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnběitóu Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄡˊ Wade–Giles Hsin1 Pei3-t'ou2 Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn-pet-thèu Southern Min Tâi-lô Sin-pak-tâu
Japanese name
Kanji	新北投駅
Kana	しんほくとうえき
Transcriptions Romanization Shin-hokutō Eki

The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou station (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou Station from 1997 until 2003) is the terminal station on the Xinbeitou branch line located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. The location of the station used to be the terminal station for the now-defunct TRA Xinbeitou Line.

Station overview

The two-level, elevated station features an island platform and two exits.^[2] The station is known for being the closest to the Beitou hot springs, such as Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Plum Garden, Ketaglan Culture Center, Beitou Hot Springs, Beitou Park and Sushi Express restaurant.

History

The station originally opened as the terminus for the Shin-hokutō Line as "Shin-Hokutō Station" (Japanese: 新北投驛) on 1 April 1916. It reopened on 1937 after renovation. The station and the tracks form a unique "T" configuration. Later on, on 15 July 1988, the service was ceased with the discontinuation of Tamsui and Hsin Peitou Line.

Station layout

2F	Platform 2	← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus) (backup platform)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	← Xinbeitou branch line toward Beitou (R22 Terminus)
1F (Street Level)	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms

After termination of TRA services, the original station building was disassembled and moved to Changhua for display at the Taiwan Folk Village. On 1 April 2017, the station building was returned and re-opened at nearby Qixing Park in Beitou.^[3]

It was later reopened on 28 March 1997 with the opening of the Xinbeitou branch line.

There was a knife attack injuring 1 police officer on 29 March 2016.^[4]

Around the station

• Beitou Park
• Beitou Plum Garden

References

Wenhu Tamsui–Xinyi

Xinbeitou Branch	Xinbeitou Beitou

Songshan–Xindian

Xiaobitan Branch	Qizhang Xiaobitan

Zhonghe–Xinlu

Services to Luzhou	Luzhou Sanmin Senior High School St. Ignatius High School ■ Sanhe Junior High School Sanchong Elementary School Daqiaotou
Services to Huilong	Huilong ■ Danfeng Fu Jen University Xinzhuang Touqianzhuang ■ Xianse Temple Sanchong Cailiao Taipei Bridge Daqiaotou

Bannan Circular Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin

Juguang Branch	Zhonghe Senior High School Juguang