Puxin railway station

Coordinates: 25°00′15″N 121°26′41″E / 25.004203°N 121.444693°E / 25.004203; 121.444693

Puxin
埔心
Taiwan Railways Administration
Location 208-1 Yongmei Rd.
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 73.1 km from Keelung
Platforms 2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened 10 April 1900 (original)
31 January 1986 (present building)
Traffic
Passengers 10,457 daily (2014)[1]

Puxin station (Chinese: 埔心車站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[2]

History

The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name in 1955. The station terminal was rebuilt in 1986. It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Zhongli
towards Keelung
West Coast line Yangmei
towards Kaohsiung


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