Badu railway station

Badu
八堵
Taiwan Railways Administration
Badu Station
Location 142 Badu Rd.
Nuannuan, Keelung, Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 3.7 km from Keelung, 0 km from Badu
Platforms 1 Island platform, 2 side platforms
Connections Bus stops
Construction
Structure type At-Grade
History
Opened 20 July 1899 (original)
1986 (present building)
Traffic
Passengers 5,722 daily (2014)[1]
Badu station platform

Badu Station (Chinese: 八堵車站; pinyin: Bādǔ Chēzhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Peh-tó͘ Chhia-chām) is a railway station at the junction of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line and the Yilan line. It is the western terminus of the Yilan line and is located in Nuannuan District, Keelung, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened in 1899, during Japanese rule. In April 1914, the rail line from Keelung to Haccho (Badu) was completed. The station has served as an important transfer point between the West Coast line and the Yilan line since 1919, when the first segment of the Yilan line was built in the same year. The current station building was completed in 1986, and a memorial to the victims of the February 28 Incident was unveiled outside the station in 1994. Now it is one of the busiest stations in southern Keelung, with more than 5,000 passengers per day as of 2014.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Sankeng
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Qidu
towards Kaohsiung
Nuannuan
towards Su'ao
 Yilan line Terminus

Coordinates: 25°6′30″N 121°43′44″E / 25.10833°N 121.72889°E / 25.10833; 121.72889


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