Shipai metro station

Shipai (Chinese: 石牌; pinyin: Shípái, formerly transliterated as Shihpai Station until 2003) is a metro station in Shipai, Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a station on the Tamsui–Xinyi line. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct Tamsui railway line.

Shipai R19 石牌
Taipei metro station
Exterior
Chinese name
Chinese	石牌
Literal meaning	Stone tablet
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shípái Bopomofo ㄕˊ ㄆㄞˊ Wade–Giles Shih²-p'ai² Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sa̍k-phài Southern Min Tâi-lô Tsio̍h-pâi-á (石牌仔)
General information
Location	200 Sec 1 Shipai Rd Beitou, Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.1144°N 121.5156°E / 25.1144; 121.5156
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Access available
Other information
Station code	R19
Website	web.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=R19-061
History
Opened	1997-03-28[1]
Passengers
2017	21.101 million per year[2]  0.07%
Rank	(Ranked 22 of 119)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Mingde towards Xiangshan or Daan Tamsui–Xinyi line Qilian towards Tamsui or Beitou
Location

Station overview

Shipai station exit 1.

Shipai station platform.

The two-level elevated station features an island platform and has two exits.^[3] One exit is located at the intersection of Shipai Rd., Donghua St., and Xian St facing north and the newly built exit is at the other end of the station facing south.

This station connects to Beitou Refuse Incineration Plant, Children's Art Museum in Taipei, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei American School, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and University of Taipei.

History

This station was opened as "Kirigan Station" (Japanese: 唭里岸) on 17 August 1915 under the Tamsui Railroad Line, and was renamed "Shihpai" after the war. The old railway entrance was at Ziqiang Street, Lane 141. It was closed on 15 July 1988 and reopened as a metro station on 28 March 1997. The second exit opened for use on 20 November 2010.^[4]

Station layout

2F	Platform 1	← Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R20 Qilian)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R18 Mingde) →
Street Level	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms