Formosa Boulevard metro station

Formosa Boulevard (Chinese: 美麗島站; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó-chām) is a station of Kaohsiung Metro located in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the interchange station between the Red line and the Orange line.^[2]

Formosa Boulevard R10/O5 美麗島
Formosa Boulevard Station Exit 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	美麗島站
Simplified Chinese	美丽岛站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Měilìdaǒ Zhàn Bopomofo ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Mei3-li4-tao3 Chan4 Tongyong Pinyin Měilìtaǒ Jhàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Bí-lē-tó Chām Tâi-lô Bí-lē-tó Tsām
Former name
Traditional Chinese	大港埔站
Simplified Chinese	大港埔站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàgǎngpǔ Zhàn Bopomofo ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄤˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Ta4-gang3-pu3 Chan4 Tongyong Pinyin Dàgǎngpǔ Jhàn
General information
Location	Sinsing, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Coordinates	22°37′53.2″N 120°18′7.1″E
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Red line (R10)   Orange line (O5)
Platforms	2 side platforms (upper level) 1 island platform (lower level)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	2008-09-14
Passengers
11,551 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Kaohsiung Main Station towards Gangshan Red line Central Park towards Siaogang Cianjin towards Hamasen Orange line Sinyi Elementary School towards Daliao
Location

Formosa Boulevard station is named after the Formosa Boulevard project, a remodelling of Kaohsiung's Jhongshan Road in preparation for the 2009 World Games.^{[citation needed]} Formosa Boulevard is in turn named after the Formosa Incident. Transferring from the Red line to the Orange line (or vice versa) takes roughly 4 minutes.

Station design

The Dome of Light at Formosa Boulevard Station

The station is a three-level, underground station with an island platform and two side platforms.^[3] It is located at the junction of Jhongjheng and Jhongshan Road and has 11 exits. The Orange Line station is 334 metres long, while the Red Line station is 209 metres long.

The station is known for its "Dome of Light", the largest glass work in the world.^[4] It was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata.^[5] It is 30 metres in diameter and covers an area of 2,180 square metres. It is made up of 4,500 glass panels^[6] by the German Glassstudio Derix and original glass rondels from Murano, Italy.^[7] The dome will be offered as venues for weddings.^[8]

Another spectacular feature of the station are the four glass pedestrian entrances that lead from street level down into the station, designed by renowned Japanese architecture firm, Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates.

Around the station

• Liuhe Night Market
• Kaohsiung General Post Office
• Sinsing Market
• Nanhua Shopping Street
• Kaohsiung Police Department, Sinsing Branch
• Jhongshan and Jhongjheng Road Wedding Street