# Daan metro station

Daan (Chinese: 大安; pinyin: Dà'ān, formerly transliterated as Ta’An Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a terminus of short turn services on the Tamsui–Xinyi line.

## Station overview

This station is a five-level, elevated and underground station and has two side platforms, an island platform and six exits. It is located at the intersection of Fuxing South Rd. and Xinyi Rd. Four more exits have been constructed with the opening of Red Line. Red Line trains from Beitou terminate here during non-rush hours.

### Construction

The Red Line station is 347 m (1,138 ft) long and 25 m (82 ft) wide. Excavation depth is at 25 m (82 ft). It also has a 319 m (1,047 ft) pocket track, four entrances, two accessibility elevators, and three vent shafts. One of the entrances and one of the vent shafts is integrated into a new joint development building. Another entrance and vent shaft is integrated into the existing joint development building on Brown Line.

### Public Art

The Red Line station has a theme of "The meeting of light and shadow - a dialogue between ground level and underground". A combination of a horizontal passage which links the space and special illumination and lighting design on the escalators strengthens the directionality of the passage space.

## Station layout

| 4F | Connecting Level | Platforms-connecting Overpass |
| 3F |
| 3F | Concourse | |
| 3F | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket dispensing machines, one-way faregates, restrooms |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right ||
| 3F | Platform 1 | ← Wenhu line toward Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (BR10 Zhongxiao Fuxing) |
| 3F | Platform 2 | → Wenhu line toward Taipei Zoo (BR08 Technology Building) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right ||
| 2F | Mezzanine | Transitlink floor for stairs and escalators |
| 1F | Street Level | Exit/Entrance, Transitlink floor for stairs and escalators |
| B1 | Concourse | Lobby, information desk, automatic ticketing dispensing machines, one-way faregates Restrooms (Inside fare zone) |
| B2 | Platform 1 | ← Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Tamsui / Beitou (R06 Daan Park) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left ||
| B2 | Platform 2 | → Tamsui–Xinyi line toward Xiangshan (R04 Xinyi Anhe) → → Tamsui–Xinyi line termination platform → |

### Exits

* Exit 1: North side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near Lane 147
* Exit 2: North side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near the Affiliated Senior High School of NTNU
* Exit 3: South side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 3, near Lane 166
* Exit 4: Southeast side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 4 and Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 2
* Exit 5: Southeast side of Xinyi Rd. Sec. 4 and Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 2
* Exit 6: East side of Fuxing S. Rd. Sec. 1, in front of Park Taipei Hotel

## Around the station

* Bureau of National Health Insurance
* American Institute in Taiwan
* Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University
* Taipei Municipal Da-An Vocational High School
* Daan Junior High School
* Taipei Hakka Culture Hall
* Taipei Farmers Association
* Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association
* Daan Forest Park

## First and Last Train Timing

The first and last train timing at Daan station is as follows:
| Destination | First Train | First Train | Last Train |
| Destination | Mon − Fri | Sat − Sun and P.H. | Daily |
| Tamsui–Xinyi line ||||
| R28 Tamsui | 06:00 | 06:00 | 00:25 |
| R02 Xiangshan | 06:00 | 06:00 | 00:52 |
| Wenhu line ||||
| BR24 Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center | 06:01 | 06:01 | 00:33 |
| BR01 Taipei Zoo | 06:05 | 06:05 | 00:37 |