The Taipei City Government on Sunday unveiled its proposed coding system for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System’s stations, which is expected to be implemented before the 2017 Summer Universiade.
The proposed coding system was posted on one of the city government’s Facebook pages as part of a two-month public consultation period, said Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC), the operator of the capital’s metro system.
In the proposed system, each station is to be coded with the color of the metro line and a station number. The number assigned to each station is to increase from south to north, or from west to east.
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For instance, Xindian Station, the southern terminal on the Green Line (the Songshan-Xindian line), would be coded G01.
Two codes would be assigned to stations where two lines meet, such as Taipei Main Station, which would be coded R10 and BL12, since both the Red Line (the Tamsui-Xinyi line) and Blue Line (the Bannan line) intersect at the station, the city government said.
Stations on the Zhonghe-Xinlu line would have a prefix of “O,” while those on the Wenhu line would be prefixed “BR.”
TRTC introduced a number-coded system for its five metro lines in November last year, nearly two decades after its first line — the southern section of the Wenhu line — entered service in March 1996.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and TRTC president Yen Pang-chieh (顏邦傑) promised to introduce a new coding system for stations after Taipei City Councilor Lee Chien-chang (李建昌) of the Democratic Progressive Party said during a Nov. 16 council session that foreigners are often confused by the Chinese and English station names.
The city government said it plans to introduce the new coding system before the Summer Universiade, which is due to be held in Taipei in August 2017.
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