Xianse Temple metro station

The Taipei Metro Xianse Temple station is a station on the Zhonghe–Xinlu line located in Sanchong District, New Taipei, Taiwan.^[2] The station opened for service on 5 January 2012.^[3]

Xianse Temple O16 先嗇宮
Xianse Temple platform level
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	先嗇宮
Simplified Chinese	先啬宫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiānsè Gōng Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄢ ㄙㄜˋㄍㄨㄥ Wade–Giles Hsien¹-sê⁴ Kung¹ Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Siên-sit Kiûng Southern Min Tâi-lô Sian-sik-kiong
General information
Location	B1, No. 515, Sec. 5, Chongxin Rd. Sanchong, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Metro
Line(s)	Zhonghe–Xinlu Line (O16)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	5 January 2012
Passengers
9,931 daily (December 2024)[1]
Rank	103 out of 109
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station Sanchong towards Nanshijiao Zhonghe–Xinlu line Touqianzhuang towards Huilong
Location

Station overview

Xianse Temple station platform

This two-level, underground station has an island platform.^[4] It is located beneath the intersection of Zhongxin Rd., Sec. 5 and Guangfu Rd., Sec. 1. It was scheduled to open in March 2012 along with most of the Xinzhuang Line,^[5] but opened for service earlier on 5 January 2012.^[3]

Construction

Excavation depth for this station is 18.93 to 21.23 m (62.1 to 69.7 ft). It is 180 m (590 ft) in length and 16.55 m (54.3 ft) wide. The platform is 141 m (463 ft) long.^[6] It has three entrances, one accessibility elevator, and two vent shafts.^[4] One of the entrances is integrated with a joint development building.

Design

The theme for the station is "Steel Industry on the Sandbank" and includes features such as a perforated steel frame station entrance.^[7] The roof is separated into two parts and a glass curtain wall which helps with lighting at night.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (Inside fare zone, outside fare zone near exit 2)
B2	Platform 1	← Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Huilong (O17 Touqianzhuang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Zhonghe–Xinlu line toward Nanshijiao (O15 Sanchong) →

Exits

• Exit 1: No. 155, Chongxin Rd. Sec. 5, near Guangfu Rd. Sec. 1
• Exit 2: Chongxin Rd. Sec. 5, near Zhongxing S. St.
• Exit 3: Chongxin Rd. Sec. 5, near Guangfu Rd. Sec. 1

Around the station

• Xianse Temple
• Tangcheng Industrial Park
• Carrefour, Chongxin Store
• Xinggu Elementary School
• Jinling Girls School
• Qingchuan Home Store