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Taipei MRT Jiantan Station
Taipei MRT Jiantan Station

Jiantan (Chinese: 劍潭; pinyin: Jiàntán, formerly transliterated as Chientan Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. There was a station of the same name on the now-defunct Tamsui railway line, however the position was different; the TRA station was further south.

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Jiantan metro station
Zhongshan North Road Section 5, Taipei Shilin District

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N 25.0845 ° E 121.5251 °
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Zhongshan North Road Section 5 65
11163 Taipei, Shilin District
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