Kaohsiung main station

Kaohsiung
高雄
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Entrance
Kaohsiung
Traditional Chinese 高雄
General information
Location 318 Jianguo 2nd Rd
Sanmin District, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Coordinates 22°38′23″N 120°18′08″E / 22.6398°N 120.3021°E / 22.6398; 120.3021Coordinates: 22°38′23″N 120°18′08″E / 22.6398°N 120.3021°E / 22.6398; 120.3021
Line(s)
Distance 399.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Underground
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/kaohsiung/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1900-11-29[2][3]
Rebuilt
  • 2002-03-27[4]
  • 2018-10-14
Electrified 1979-06-29[5]
Previous names
  • Takao (Chinese: 打狗)
  • Takao (高雄)
Key dates
1941-06-22 Relocated[6]
2002-03-27 Rebuilt
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 14.196 million per year[7]
Rank 8 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Sankuaicuo
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Terminus
Terminus Pingtung line Minzu
towards Fangliao
Location
Kaohsiung
Location within Taiwan
Kaohsiung main station
高雄車站
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Kaohsiung metro station
Entrance 2
Kaohsiung main station
Traditional Chinese 高雄車站
General information
Location B3F 320 Jianguo 2nd Rd
Sanmin District, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Line(s)
  Red line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Other information
Station code R11
Website www.krtco.com.tw/en/guide_r11.aspx
History
Opened 2008-04-07[8]
Rebuilt 2018-09-05
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 10.772 million per year[9]
Rank 2 out of 37
Services

Preceding station Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Following station
Houyi
towards Gangshan South
 Red line Formosa Boulevard
towards Siaogang

Kaohsiung (Chinese: 高雄; pinyin: Gāoxióng) or Kaohsiung main station is a railway and metro station in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by TRA and Kaohsiung MRT. A major stop, it is served by virtually all TRA services along the route.

Overview

Railway

1941 station building
Takao Station platform in April 1941.

The TRA station, rebuilt in 2018, is a three-level underground railway station with two island platforms.[10][11]. The 1941 station building will be moved back to the original position for display.

There is also proposal to extend THSR to the new station.

Metro

The Kaohsiung MRT station is a two-level, underground station with one exit.[12] It is located at Jianguo 2nd Road. On 5 September 2018, it was relocated 100 metres north, making it the first metro station in Taiwan to be relocated. The new platforms are lengthened to allow for six carriages up from three. The former concourse and platforms are closed and reserved for emergency use.

Layout

G–B2 Station Entrance/Exit
B3 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Toilets
B4 Platform 1 ←      Red line towards Siaogang (Formosa Boulevard)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 →      Red line towards Gangshan South (Houyi) →

History

TRA Station

  • 1900: Takau (Chinese: 打狗) station opened with the opening of Tainan-Takau line where the Kaohsiung Harbor Station is today.
  • 1907: Hōzan (Japanese: 鳳山) branch (extended to today's Pingtung Line) opened.
  • 1920: Takau Station was renamed to Takao (高雄) Station.
  • 1933: Construction of new station on Hōzan branch started.
  • 1941-06-22: The new Takao Station was opened and old Takao Station was renamed to Takao Harbor Station.

KMRT Station

Former metro entrance
Former concourse
Old railway map of Kaohsiung
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)
Western Line
Pingtung Line
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Red Line

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 29 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "高雄港站前世今生". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "車站簡介". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "歷史沿革". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "檔案典藏". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "捷運計畫 - 紅橘線路網 - 興建暨施工期程". Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "統計資料預告發布及背景說明". Accounting and Statistics Office, Kaohsiung City (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "交通部鐵路改建工程局－歡迎頁". www.rrb.gov.tw (in Chinese). 25 April 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "高雄市政府捷運工程局網頁". mtbu.kcg.gov.tw (in Chinese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "高雄車站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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