Pingtung railway station

Pingtung
屏東
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Pingtung
Traditional Chinese 屏東
General information
Location 62 Gongyong Rd
Pingtung City, Pingtung County
Taiwan
Coordinates 22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E / 22.6689; 120.4860Coordinates: 22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E / 22.6689; 120.4860
Line(s)
  West Coast line
Distance 420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/Pingtung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1913-12-24[2]
Rebuilt 2015-08-23[3]
Electrified 1996-07-10[4]
Key dates
1962-10-05 Rebuilt
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7.387 million per year[5]
Rank 14 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Liukuaicuo
towards Kaohsiung
 Pingtung line Guilai
towards Fangliao
Location
Pingtung
Location within Taiwan

Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview

First Pingtung station building
Second Pingtung Station building

The station has two island platform. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.

History

  • 20 December 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
  • 1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東, "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
  • 5 October 1962: Station rebuilt.
  • 23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks.

Platform layout

1 1 ■ South-link line (southbound) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
2 2A ■ West Coast line (northbound) Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Taipei
■ South-link line (southbound through traffic) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
3 2B ■ West Coast line (northbound through traffic) Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei
■ West Coast line (northbound departure) Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi
■ South-link line (southbound departure) Toward Fangliao, Taitung

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. ↑ "車站介紹". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "屏潮計畫". Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 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.


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