Airport Terminal 2 metro station
{{Short description|Metro station in Taoyuan, Taiwan}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Airport Terminal 2
| native_name = A13 機場第二航廈
| native_name_lang = zh-TW
| symbol_location = taoyuan
| symbol = metro
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| image = 機場第二航廈站 閘門與詢問處 20170222.jpg
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| caption = Information counter and faregates
| address = Rm 1 B1F 9 Hangzhan S Rd
| borough = Dayuan, Taoyuan City
| country = Taiwan
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| operator = Taoyuan Metro Corporation
| line = {{rint|taoyuan|a}} Taoyuan Airport MRT (A13)
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| structure = Underground
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| code = A13
| opened = 2017-03-02
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Taoyuan Metro|line=Airport
|type=Express|to-left=Taipei Main Station|left=Airport Terminal 1|left2=Airport Terminal 1|right2=Taoyuan HSR station|to-right2=Huanbei|to-left2=Taipei Main Station|type2=Express
|type3=Commuter|left3=Airport Terminal 1|to-left3=Taipei Main Station|to-right3=Laojie River|right3=Airport Hotel}}
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Airport Terminal 2 ({{zh|t=機場第二航廈站}}) is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Dayuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.tymetro.com.tw/eng/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=99&article_id=420|date=15 February 2015|title=Airport Terminal 2 Station|website=Taoyuan Metro|accessdate=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195215/http://www.tymetro.com.tw/eng/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=99&article_id=420|archive-date=5 March 2017|url-status=dead}} The station is located directly under Terminal 2 of Taoyuan International Airport and opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2017/03/02/492718/Airport-MRT.htm|title=Airport MRT begins commercial operations|publisher=The China Post|date=2017-03-02|accessdate=2017-03-02}}
This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks.{{cite web|url=http://210.65.89.145/js/upload/ckfinder/files/A13-N01.jpg|title=A13車站立體圖 Floor Plan|publisher=Taoyuan Metro|accessdate=2017-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305195800/http://210.65.89.145/js/upload/ckfinder/files/A13-N01.jpg|archive-date=2017-03-05|url-status=dead}} Both the limited-stop Express services and all-stops Commuter services stop at this station, with the station serving as the western terminus for regularly-scheduled limited-stop Express services. The station is {{convert|228.0|m|ft}} long and {{convert|16.3|m|ft}} wide. It opened for trial service on 2 February 2017, and for commercial service 2 March 2017.{{cite news|title=Airport MRT to begin commercial operations|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2017/03/02/492708/Airport-MRT.htm|publisher=The China Post|date=2017-03-02|accessdate=2017-03-02}}
Station construction was overseen by the Bureau of High Speed Rail (under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications). Space was reserved during construction of Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 2 for a medium-capacity rubber-tired system.
History
- 2017-03-02: The station opened for commercial service with the opening of the Taipei-Huanbei section of the Airport MRT.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/03/02/2003665982|date=2 March 2017|first=Shelley|last=Shan|title=Airport MRT to officially launch today|publisher=Taipei Times|accessdate=2 March 2017}}
See also
References
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Category:Airport railway stations in Taiwan
Category:Taoyuan Airport MRT stations
Category:Taoyuan International Airport
Category:Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 2017
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