Formosa Boulevard metro station
Metro station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Formosa Boulevard metro station?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Formosa Boulevard (Chinese: 美麗島站; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-lē-tó-chām) is a station of Kaohsiung Metro located in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is currently the sole interchange station between metro lines in Kaohsiung.[2]
Quick Facts Chinese name, Traditional Chinese ...
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditional Chinese | 美麗島站 | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sinsing, Kaohsiung Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | |||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
| ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (upper level) 1 island platform (lower level) | ||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 2008-09-14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
11,551 daily (Jan. 2011)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
Close
Formosa Boulevard station is named after the Formosa Boulevard project, a remodelling of Kaohsiung's Jhongshan Road in preparation for the 2009 World Games.[citation needed] Formosa Boulevard is in turn named after the Formosa Incident. Transferring from the Red line to the Orange line (or vice versa) takes roughly 4 minutes.