Chiayi railway station

Chiayi
嘉義
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA and Alishan Forest railway station
Station exterior
Chiayi
Traditional Chinese 嘉義
General information
Location 528 Zhongshan Rd
West District, Chiayi
Taiwan
Coordinates 23°28′45″N 120°26′28″E / 23.4791°N 120.4411°E / 23.4791; 120.4411Coordinates: 23°28′45″N 120°26′28″E / 23.4791°N 120.4411°E / 23.4791; 120.4411
Line(s)
Distance 291.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1] (TRA)
Connections
Construction
Structure type Ground level
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/Chiayi/index.aspx (in Chinese) (TRA)
History
Opened 1902[2]
Rebuilt 1933
Electrified 1978-12-19[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7.668 million per year[4] (TRA)
Rank 13 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Jiabei
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Shuishang
towards Kaohsiung
Preceding station Alishan Forest Railway Following station
Beimen
towards Shizilu
 Main line Terminus
Location
Chiayi
Location within Taiwan
A Chiayi station platform for trains on the Alishan Forest Railway.

Chiayi (Chinese: 嘉義; pinyin: Jiāyì) is a railway station in Chiayi, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways and Alishan Forest Railway.

History

The station was firstly constructed in 1896 and opened on 20 April 1902 with service on the West Coast line. The station was a single-story wooden structure with Japanese style with slant roof and rain-shield walls. The rail line connected to the station roughly divides Chiayi City into two regions. The region located in front of the station prospered as the city business district, while the region located behind the station was scarcely developed. Service to the Alishan Forest Railway began in 1912 from the station. The station was renovated in June 1933 to its current structure.[5]

Architecture

The station is located 30 metres above sea level.[6] The at-grade station has one island platform and one side platform.

It is a steel concrete structure with classical symmetry design, simple gables, geometric totems and streamlined modern design. The platform roofs of the railway station were constructed with the railway tracks.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ↑ "各站營業里程-1.西部幹線". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "車站沿革". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. ↑ http://travel.chiayi.gov.tw/EN/spotsContent.aspx?id=19&chk=9969856e-0850-4801-aa46-bf5161db70ba
  6. ↑ Su, Z.X. (2012). "Stations on the line". Alishan Forest Railway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.


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