This page details all of the station memorial stamps for Taipei MRT’s Circle Line. I collected these (and all of the other Taipei Metro stamps) as part of a personal one-day challenge, but you could just as easily collect the stamps casually as and when you have reason to visit each station.
Basic information: Currently, only the first phase of the Circular Line (環狀線, also known as the Yellow Line), is in operation. Construction started in 2011 and this west section went into operation in 2020. As indicated by the name, this route is intended to form a large circle when it is complete. As of 2023, the southern section (Taipei Zoo to Badoucuo, which will be the next station along from Dapinglin), and the northern section (which will connect New Taipei Industrial Park to New Taipei City Exhibition Hall and then continue on to Jiannan Road), have been approved and have entered the construction phase. The east section (which should link Jiannan Road with Taipei Zoo) is currently still under discussion.
The section that is currently in operation is all above ground, but underground stations are planned for some of the future track.
Number of stations: 14 at present (a total of 42 are planned).
Length: 15.4km (western section only)
Stamp description: The Wenhu Line’s commemorative stamps are rendered in yellow ink and are circular in shape.
Station music:
Yellow 7 – Dapinglin (大坪林)
Dapinglin is a transfer station where the Circular Line intersects with the Songshan-Xindian Line. Like other transfer stations on the new Circular Line, this one’s stamp shows a simplified version of the older line’s stamp. The image depicts a historic building constructed by members of the local Liu Family (劉氏文記堂, and also called 三落厝).
Yellow 8 – Shisizhang (十四張)
Shisizhang Station sits at the confluence of two bridges over the Xindian River. One is the Anxin Bridge (安心橋), which carries the Ankeng Light Rail tracks, and the other is the more utilitarian bridge for the Circle Line. Both of these can be seen in the station’s commemorative stamp.
Yellow 9 – Xiulang Bridge (秀朗橋)
The main feature of this station’s stamp is Xiulang Bridge crossing over Jingmei River and the riverside park. Although you can’t make it out in the stamp, the supporting pillars of the bridge have been decorated to show the historic scenic spots of the neighbourhood.
Yellow 10 – Jingping (景平)
The stamp designers literally just gave up with Jinping Station. It shows the station above Highway 64. Surely there has to be something more interesting than that in the neighbourhood. Surely?
Yellow 11 – Jingan (景安)
Jingan is one of two transfer stations that the Circular Line shares with the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line. The Circle Line stamp features a simplified version of the older Zhonghe-Xinpu Line’s stamp. It shows Yuantong Temple in the centre along with some of the temple’s decorative features to either side.
Yellow 12 – Zhonghe (中和)
The Zhonghe Station stamp shows an excessively cute dinosaur from the Dinosaur Park (恐龍園區公園) under Huazhong Bridge. If you’re into dinos, this is a pretty neat little spot. There are some sculptures and loads of dinosaur murals to enjoy.
Yellow 13 – Qiaohe (橋和)
The artifact that looks like a sailing house slipper is in fact a detail from the Farglory Left Bank Bridge (遠雄左岸橋), a bike and pedestrian bridge connecting the riverside park with the city. Apparently, it was the first such cross-embankment infrastructure infrastructure to be built in New Taipei. As to the well-like structure on the right, I am not sure what it’s meant to show.
Yellow 14 – Zhongyuan (中原)
I really feel like they were kind of scraping around for things to depict with some of these Circular Line stamps. This one shows what appears to be one of the towering trackside office building. The station here would actually have been a more interesting focus for this stamp. It’s one of a couple of split-level stations on the Circle Line with the two tracks stacked neatly on top of each other in order to fit in the relatively narrow streets. Trains on the lower platform (elevated at the height of three storeys above street level) heading towards New Taipei Industrial Park, while trains from the five-storey-high upper platform head towards Dapinglin.
Yellow 15 – Banxin (板新)
I find the Banxin stamp to be one of the most interesting stamps on the Circle Line. I think the circle and arch shapes with a bench in the top right corner of the image is probably a representation of Banqiao Stadium, while the roll of film is a nod to Banqiao Broadcast Studio. However, I’m not really sure what the barn thing is.
Yellow 16 – Banqiao (板橋)
Like the Bannan Line’s Banqiao stamp, this one shows the grand frontage of Banqiao Station, although unlike the more detailed Bannan Line stamp, that is pretty much it for this one.
Yellow 17 – Xinpu Minsheng (新埔民生)
The Xinpu Minsheng stamp depicts a stylised mass of audience members seated outside of the tall arched windows of New Taipei City Arts Centre.
Yellow 18 – Touqianzhuang (頭前庄)
Yellow line stamp doesn’t contain nearly as much local interest as its orange line counterpart. While the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line stamp shows a high-octane fire walking ritual, all the Circle Line can offer is a YouBike stood in front of Crescent Bridge connecting Banqiao and Xinzhuang Districts.
Yellow 19 – Xingfu (幸福)
Xingfu Station’s stamp features a couple of the stop’s more whimsical attractions. The first is the arched rainbow walkway of Rainbow Plaza, and the second is the Lego-esque stepping stones that can be found along Zhonggang Main Drainage Trail (which is a more pleasant experience than you’d guess just judging by the name).
Yellow 20 – New Taipei Industrial Park (新北產業園區)
Unfortunately for this station, it does not have the most exciting landmarks to feature. Instead, the stamp shows the station building as well as an airplane. The latter is doubly significant in that this station connects to the Taoyuan Airport MRT Line and because the station was apparently designed to resemble a free-soaring bird or plane in flight. (No, I can’t see it either.)
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