Cultural Center metro station
Cultural Center station exit 4 [a] | |||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 文化中心車站 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文化中心车站 | ||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Sinsing and Lingya, Kaohsiung Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°37′49″N 120°19′03″E / 22.63028°N 120.31750°E | ||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 2008-09-14 | ||||||||||||
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| 5,952 daily (Jan. 2011)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Cultural Center is a station on the Orange line of Kaohsiung MRT on the edge of Sinsing District and Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Station overview
The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and four exits.[2] The station is 199 metres long and is located at the intersection Jhongjheng 2nd Rd and Heping 1st Rd.[3]
Station layout
| Street Level | Entrance/Exit | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near exits 3) |
| B2 | Platform 1 | ← KMRT Orange Line toward Hamasen (Sinyi Elementary School) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Wukuaicuo) → | |
Exits
- Exit 1: Jhongjheng 2nd Rd. (west)
- Exit 2: Shangyi St., Wufu Junior High School
- Exit 3: Kaohsiung Cultural Center, National Kaohsiung Normal University
- Exit 4: President Department Store Heping branch [note 1], Rainbow Park
Co-located building
The station is intentionally co-located with a building formerly used as a department store.[note 1]
| Levels | Status |
|---|---|
| 11 | Gym |
| 10 | Gym |
| 9 | For rent |
| 8 | For rent |
| 7 | For rent |
| 6 | For rent |
| 5 | For rent |
| 4 | For rent |
| 3 | For rent |
| 2 | For rent |
| 1 | For rent |
| B1 | Parking lot |
| B2 | Parking lot |
Around the station
- Kaohsiung Cultural Center
- National Kaohsiung Normal University
- President Department Store
- Water Tower Park
- Wufu Junior High School
Notes
- ^ The door in the middle of the picture is the entrance to the department store, and the escalator on the left side of the picture leads to the MRT station.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural Center Station.
- ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "文化中心站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "文化中心站週邊地圖". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ 自由時報電子報 (2024-03-20), "高雄文化中心生活圈商機回春 還差大統百貨和平店 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報", 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)), retrieved 2025-10-18,
文化中心生活圈指標性建物大統和平店，2019年封館拍賣後，目前僅剩10至11樓的健身房與地下停車場營業中，附近居民盼能快點恢復往日榮景。[The Datong Heping store, a landmark building in the cultural center's living circle, was closed and auctioned in 2019. Nearby residents hope that it can be restored to its former glory as soon as possible.]