Hsinchu railway station

Hsinchu
新竹
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Hsinchu
Traditional Chinese 新竹
General information
Location 445 Sec 2 Zhonghua Rd
East District, Hsinchu
Taiwan
Coordinates 24°48′06″N 120°58′18″E / 24.8016°N 120.9716°E / 24.8016; 120.9716Coordinates: 24°48′06″N 120°58′18″E / 24.8016°N 120.9716°E / 24.8016; 120.9716
Line(s)
  West Coast line
Distance 106.4 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Ground level
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/Hsinchu/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1893-11-30[2][3]
Rebuilt 1913
Electrified 1978-01-09[4]
Previous names Shinchiku (新竹)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 15.020 million per year[5]
Rank 7 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
North Hsinchu
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Xiangshan
towards Kaohsiung
Location
Hsinchu
Location within Taiwan

Hsinchu (Chinese: 新竹; pinyin: Xīnzhú) is a railway station in Hsinchu, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of services from Neiwan.

Structure

There are two island platforms and one side platform, as well as the historic fourth-generation European-style station building which opened in 1913, during Japanese rule.

Service

Except Tzu-Chiang Limited Express southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some Taroko Expresses, all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan. Neiwan line trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the THSR Hsinchu Station is available through Liujia line (which branches off from the Neiwan line's Zhuzhong Station).

Around the station

Sister stations

Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreements with Grand Central Terminal in USA since August 2013 and with Tokyo Station in Japan since February 2015.[6]

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. ↑ Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "車站歷史". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.


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