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Xiangshan metro station

metro station in Taipei, Taiwan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4276721 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Taipei Metro Xiangshan station is a metro station on the Red Line located in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan. The station opened on November 24, 2013.

Station overview

The two-level, underground station with an island platform. It is located beneath Xinyi Rd., Sec. 5 east of Songren Rd. and near the north end of Zhongqiang Park and the Xinyi Expressway. The Xiangshan hiking trail is located nearby the station.

History

The construction of this station began in July 2005 and was completed in November 2013. It served as the former southern terminus of the Tamsui-Xinyi line, before its replacement by Guangci/Fentian Temple station on August 30, 2026. The Circular line will make an out-of-station interchange with the Tamsui-Xinyi line at this station.

Editorial summary

“Xiangshan metro station” enters the record as metro station in Taipei, Taiwan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Xiangshan, metro and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2005, 2026—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2013. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Xiangshan, metro and station.
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Why this record matters

“Xiangshan metro station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Xiangshan, metro and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4276721. Authority coordinates are 25.033, 121.569. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2005 and 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Xiangshan metro station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.