The Taipei Metro Mingde station (formerly transliterated as Mingte Station until 2003, traditional Chinese: 捷運明德站) is located in the Beitou District (北投區) of Taipei, Taiwan. The station is on the Tamsui Line, otherwise known as "the red line" by locals. It is also a minor bus transfer point for connections to Tianmu (天母) and Yangmingshan National Park (陽明山).
Mingde R18 明德  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 明德 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | No. 95, Mingde Rd. Beitou, Taipei Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Taipei Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Tamsui–Xinyi Line (R18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 25,140 daily (December 2020)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 64 out of 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station overview
The two-level, elevated station structure with one island platform and one exit,[2] situated between Donghua Street (東華街) and Xi'an Street (西安街) at the midsection of Mingde Road (明德路).
Originally, it was planned to be called "Tianmu Station," but was changed before the station opened on 28 March 1997.
Station layout
| 2F | Platform 1 | ← Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R19 Shipai) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → Tamsui–Xinyi Line toward Xiangshan / Daan (R17 Zhishan) → | |
| Street Level | Concourse | Exits to several schools, lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms |
First and Last Train Timing
The first and last train timing at Mingde station [3] is as follows:
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | |
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| Mon − Fri | Sat − Sun and P.H. | Daily | |
| R28 Tamsui | 06:05 | 06:05 | 00:52 |
| R02 Xiangshan | 06:01 | 06:01 | 00:24 |
References
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