# Banqiao station

Banqiao (Chinese: 板橋) is a railway and metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR), TRA, Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro. With the exception of the Circular Line, all other tracks and platforms in the station are located underground. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the 1 series.
The current station building opened in 1999 for TRA, 2006 for Taipei Metro, and 2007 for HSR. The station currently handles over 77 million entries and exits per year. The elevated metro station of the Circular line (New Taipei Metro) opened on 31 January 2020.

## Station overview

The three-level consists of a 25-story building above ground and 5 underground station stories; it is Taiwan's tallest station building. It includes platforms for the TRA, THSR, Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro. The new station building was built as part of the Taipei Railway Underground Project to move railway lines in the city underground.

### Public art

Titled "Evolution Orbit", the Bannan line platform has artwork consisting of 12 colorful rings affixed to columns on the platform. These rings complete a cycle every hour and also move whenever a train enters the station.
The platforms, walls and ceilings of the Circular line are decorated by French artist Daniel Buren, using regular, contrasting coloured stripes.

## Station layout

| 24F-25F | Fitness Center | Global Sports |
| 3F-23F | Offices | Financial Supervisory Commission Intellectual Property Court Ministry of Transportation and Communications - Railway Bureau New Taipei City Vocational Training Center |
| 4F | Circular Line Platforms-connecting Overpass | Overpass Out-of-station Overpass（toward HSR station） |
| 3F |
| 3F | Circular Line Concourse | Lobby, Information Desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, restrooms |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right ||
| 3F | Platform 1 | ← Circular line toward New Taipei Industrial Park (Y17 Xinpu Minsheng) |
| 3F | Platform 2 | → Circular line toward Dapinglin (Y15 Banxin) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right ||
| 2F | Shopping Area Restaurants | Global Mall Banqiao Store Connecting overpass (toward Circular line Banqiao station/Banqiao bus station) |
| Street Level | Lobby Shopping Area | Entrance/Exit, TRA Ticketing, Information Counter Global Mall Banqiao Store |
| B1 | TRA/THSR Lobby Shopping Area Food Court | THSR Ticketing/Faregates TRA Ticket Gate Travel Information Counter Global Mall Banqiao Store Underground Walkway Restrooms, Infant room New Taipei City Low-Carbon Library |
| B1 | TRA/THSR Lobby Shopping Area Food Court | Underground Walkway (Connects with Metro) |
| B1 | Metro Lobby | Underground Walkway (Connects with TRA/THSR) |
| B2 | Platform 1A | →West Coast line toward Taipei, Keelung/Yilan (Wanhua) |
| Island platform ||
| B2 | Platform 1B | →West Coast line toward Taipei, Keelung/Yilan (Wanhua) |
| B2 | No Platform | Through track (Freight/Passing/Train parking...) |
| B2 | Platform 2A | →West Coast line toward Kaohsiung (Shulin) |
| Island platform ||
| B2 | Platform 2B | →West Coast line toward Kaohsiung (Shulin) |
| B2 | Platform 1A | →THSR toward Zuoying (Taoyuan) |
| Island platform ||
| B2 | Platform 1B | →THSR toward Zuoying (Taoyuan) |
| B2 | Metro Lobby | Information desk, Restrooms (Outside fare zone), Automatic ticket dispensing machines One-way faregates |
| B3 | Platform 1 | ← Bannan line toward Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL08 Xinpu) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left ||
| B3 | Platform 2 | → Bannan line toward Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL06 Fuzhong) → |
| B3 | Platform 2A | →THSR toward Nangang (Taipei) |
| Island platform ||
| B3 | Platform 2B | →THSR toward Nangang (Taipei) |

## HSR services

HSR services 1xx, (1)2xx, (1)3xx, (1)5xx, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station.

## Around the station

Transport Stations
* Intercity Bus Station (next to the station)
* Local Bus Station (next to the station)
Government Offices
* New Taipei City Hall (500m to the southeast)
* Railway Bureau, MOTC (inside the station)
Stadiums and Parks
* Banqiao Stadium (950m to the west)
* Xianmin Plaza (100m to the southeast)
Schools
* New Taipei Municipal Banqiao High School (between this station and Fuzhong Station)
* New Taipei Municipal Haishan High School (850m to the southeast)
* New Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Junior High School (750m to the northeast)
Shopping Malls
* Far Eastern Department Store (350m to the south)
Medical Facilities
* Hsiao Chung-Cheng Hospital (near Fuzhong Station)