Jiangzicui Station

Jiangzicui 江子翠
Jiangzicui Station platform
Location	B1F, No. 296, Sec. 2, Wenhua Rd. Banqiao, New Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Line(s)	Line 5 (BL4)
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	August 31, 2000
Traffic

Passengers	43,750 daily (2011)^[1] (Ranked 24th of 89)

Jiangzicui Station

Chinese

江子翠站

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Bopomofo	ㄐㄧㄤㄗˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄢˋ

The Taipei Metro Jiangzicui Station is a station on the Banqiao Line located in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Station overview

Jiangzicui Station Exit 3.

This two-level, underground station has an island platform and six exits.^[2] It is located at the intersection of Wenhua Road and Shuangshi Road.

The station is not the in same location as the Japanese era station (Gangzui Station), which was located at the intersection of Xianmin Boulevard and Sanmin Road and has since been demolished.

Originally, this station was supposed to be called Shuangshi Station (雙十站), but this was later changed to its current name in reference to a tributary of the Dahan River which the Banqiao Line passes under.

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Concourse	Lobby, automatic ticket dispensing machine, information desk, one-way faregates Restrooms (South side, outside fare zone near Exits 2 and 3)
B2	Platform 1	← Line 5 toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Longshan Temple)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ Line 5 toward Dingpu/ Far Eastern Hospital (Xinpu) →

Exits

Exit 1: Intersection of Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 and Shuangshi Rd. Sec. 3
Exit 2: Intersection of Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 and Shuangshi Rd. Sec. 3
Exit 3: Intersection of Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 and Shuangshi Rd. Sec. 2
Exit 4: Intersection of Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 and Shuangshi Rd. Sec. 2
Exit 5: Near the intersection of Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 and Renhua St.
Exit 6: Lane 383, Wenhua Rd. Sec. 2 (towards Banqiao)

Incidents

Main article: 2014 Taipei Metro attack

On 21 May 2014, at least 25 people were stabbed in mass stabbing spree by a knife-wielding college student on the Taipei Metro Blue Line.^[3] The attack occurred on a train near Jiangzicui Station, resulting in 4 deaths and 24 injured.^[4] It was the first fatal attack on the metro system since it began operations in 1996. The suspect is 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh (鄭捷).

Around the station

New Taipei City Council
New Taipei City Public Library
Banqiao Stone Carving Park
Banqiao Rural Community Park
Jiangcui Elementary School
Wensheng Elementary School
Jiangcui Junior High School
Huajiang Market
Provincial Highway No. 3
Provincial Highway No. 64

Preceding station		Taipei Metro		Following station
Xinpu toward Dingpu		Line 5 Banqiao		Longshan Temple toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jiangzicui Station.

↑ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations" (PDF). Taipei City Department of Transportation. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
↑ "Route Map: Jiangzicui". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
↑ "Four killed, 21 wounded in Taipei subway knife attack". Taipei News.Net. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
↑ Huang, Sunrise; Wang, Hung-kuo; Holzer, Wesley (21 May 2014). "3 critically injured in stabbing on Taipei metro (update)". Central News Agency (Republic of China). Retrieved 21 May 2014.

Taipei Metro - Line 5

Bannan — (Tucheng / Banqiao / Nangang)

Dingpu Yongning Tucheng Haishan Far Eastern Hospital Fuzhong Banqiao Xinpu Jiangzicui Longshan Temple Ximen■ Taipei Main Station■ Shandao Temple Zhongxiao Xinsheng■ Zhongxiao Fuxing■ Zhongxiao Dunhua Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Taipei City Hall Yongchun Houshanpi Kunyang Nangang Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center■

Coordinates: 25°05′28″N 121°33′35″E / 25.091075°N 121.559834°E / 25.091075; 121.559834

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