Shipai metro station


Shipai is a metro station in Shipai, Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a station on the. In the past, the station belonged to the now-defunct Tamsui railway line.

Station overview

[Image:Taipei MRT Shipai Station Exit 2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Shipai station exit 1.]
[Image:Platform 2, MRT Shipai Station 20080317.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Shipai station platform.]
The two-level elevated station features an island platform and has two exits. 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" 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.