World Games metro station

Coordinates: 22°42′5.5″N 120°18′9.2″E / 22.701528°N 120.302556°E

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World Games/
National Sports Complex

R17 世運 / 國家體育園區

World Games station

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

世運車站

Simplified Chinese

世运车站

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shìyùn Chēzhàn
Bopomofo	ㄕˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄔㄜㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Shih⁴-yun⁴ Ch'ê¹-chan⁴

General information

Location

Nanzih, Kaohsiung
Taiwan

Coordinates

22°42′5.5″N 120°18′9.2″E / 22.701528°N 120.302556°E

Operated by

Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation

Line(s)

Red line
(R17)

Platforms

Two side platforms

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

History

Opened

2008-03-09

Passengers

2,464 daily (Jan. 2011)^[1]

Services

Preceding station	Kaohsiung Metro			Following station
Oil Refinery Elementary School towards Gangshan		Red line		Zuoying towards Siaogang

World Games is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung Metro in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the 2009 World Games.^[2]

Station overview

The station is a four-level, elevated station with two side platforms and four exits.^[3] It is 134 meters long and is located at the intersection of Zuonan Rd. and Jhonghai Rd.^[4]

It was originally planned to be named "Banping Mountain Station",^[5] but was changed in July 2005 to its current name.^[2] Because it is the first elevated station after the line emerges from underground, the aim was to create an iconic station similar to the Taipei Metro's Jiantan metro station.

Public art

Public art in the station was designed by Ron Wood and Christian Karl Janssen.^[6] Titled "Floating Forest", the artwork covers an area of 1,000 m² (11,000 sq ft) and is displayed on the glass canopy overlooking the tracks, at the concourse level, and along the stairways.^[7] The artwork depicts many plants and insects, and tells the story of "Soul of the Land and the People in Southern Taiwan".^[7]

Around the station

References

^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ ^a ^b 捷運新站名公佈了 (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
^ "世運站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ "世運車站週邊地圖". 高雄市政府捷運工程局. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
^ "w3.krtco.com.tw/news/newspaper_(9307)-2.htm" (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
^ "R17世運站-海上雄師" (in Chinese). 高雄捷運股份有限公司. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
^ ^a ^b "R17 World Games Stadium". KRTCO. Retrieved 2010-12-20.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Games Station.

KRTC World Games Station(in English, Chinese, and Japanese)

Kaohsiung Metro - Red line

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