Formosa Boulevard metro station

Formosa Boulevard

R10/O5 美麗島
Formosa Boulevard Station Exit 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese美麗島站
Simplified Chinese美丽岛站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMěilìdaǒ Zhàn
Bopomofoㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄠˇ ㄓㄢˋ
Wade–GilesMei3-li4-tao3 Chan4
Tongyong PinyinMěilìtaǒ Jhàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJBí-lē-tó Chām
Tâi-lôBí-lē-tó Tsām
Former name
Traditional Chinese大港埔站
Simplified Chinese大港埔站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàgǎngpǔ Zhàn
Bopomofoㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄤˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄓㄢˋ
Wade–GilesTa4-gang3-pu3 Chan4
Tongyong PinyinDàgǎngpǔ Jhàn
General information
LocationSinsing, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Coordinates 22°37′53.2″N 120°18′7.1″E / 22.631444°N 120.301972°E / 22.631444; 120.301972
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms (upper level)
1 island platform (lower level)
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened2008-09-14
Passengers
11,551 daily (Jan. 2011)
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station
Kaohsiung Main Station
towards Gangshan
Red line Central Park
towards Siaogang
Cianjin
towards Hamasen
Orange line Sinyi Elementary School
towards Daliao

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 the interchange station between the Red line and the Orange line.

Formosa Boulevard station is named after the Formosa Boulevard project, a remodelling of Kaohsiung's Jhongshan Road in preparation for the 2009 World Games. 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.