Ximen metro station

Ximen

西門
Taipei Metro station
Exit 6, Ximen Station, Taipei Metro
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese西門
Simplified Chinese西门
Literal meaningWest Gate
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīmén
Bopomofoㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
Wade–GilesHsi¹-men²
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSî-mùn
Southern Min
Tâi-lôSe-mn̂g
General information
LocationB1F 32-1 Baoqing Rd
Zhongzheng and Wanhua, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25°02′32″N 121°30′30″E / 25.0422°N 121.5083°E / 25.0422; 121.5083
Line(s) Songshan–Xindian line
Bannan line
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesAccess available
Other information
Station codeG12, BL11
Websiteenglish.metro.taipei/cp.aspx?n=1BE0AF76C79F9A38
History
Opened24 December 1999[1]
Key dates
31 August 2000Service to CKS Memorial Hall opened
15 November 2014Songshan–Xindian line added
Passengers
2016131,836 daily (December 2020)[2]Increase 2.2%
Rank(Ranked 2nd of 109)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Xiaonanmen Songshan–Xindian line Beimen
towards Songshan
Longshan Temple Bannan line Taipei Main Station

Ximen (Chinese: 西門, formerly transliterated as Hsimen Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro.[3] The station is named after the former west gate of the city, whose location is roughly where the current station is located.

  1. ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 2021-01-15.
  3. ^ "Taiwan Quick Take: MRT line breaks ground". Taipei Times. 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2010-06-16.