Taichung railway station

Taichung
臺中
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Taichung
Traditional Chinese 臺中
General information
Location 1 Sec 1 Taiwan Blvd
Central District, Taichung
Taiwan
Coordinates 24°08′14″N 120°41′12″E / 24.1373°N 120.6868°E / 24.1373; 120.6868Coordinates: 24°08′14″N 120°41′12″E / 24.1373°N 120.6868°E / 24.1373; 120.6868
Line(s)
  Taichung line
Distance 193.3 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/Taichung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1905-05-15[2]
Rebuilt 2016-10-16
Electrified 1978-10-20[3]
Previous names Taichū (臺中)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 19.431 million per year[4]
Rank 5 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Taiyuan
towards Zhunan
 Taichung line Daqing
towards Changhua or Zhuifen
Location
Taichung
Location within Taiwan

Taichung (Chinese: 臺中; pinyin: Táizhōng) is a railway station in Taichung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. It is served by virtually all TRA services along the route.

History

Former Taichung station building

The station was originally constructed in 1905 and started its operation in 1908. On 16 October 2016, the elevated station was inaugurated in which the ground-level station was shut down. The first train that arrived at the elevated station was at 6:28 a.m. The ceremony was attended by President Tsai Ing-wen and Transportation and Communication Minister Hochen Tan.[5]

Overview

The old station has one side platform and one island platform. The architecture dates from the era of Japanese rule, and is classified as a National Tier 2 Historic Site. The now-defunct Taiwan Sugar Railways''s Zhong-Zhuo line once stopped at the station.

New station layout planned has one side platform and two island platform, but currently one side platform and one island platform used same as ground old station with reversed numbering.

Platform layout

Jianguo Road

Platform
3 2 ■ West Coast line (northbound) Toward Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei, Keelung
■ Eastern line (southbound, cross-line) Toward Yilan, Hualien, Taitung
■West Coast line (southbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) Toward Fengyuan, Houli
2 1B ■ West Coast line (southbound) Toward Changhua, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast (northbound through traffic) Toward Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei, Keelung
■ South-link line (southbound) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
■ West Coast line (northbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) Toward Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu
1 1A ■ West Coast line (southbound, through traffic) Toward Changhua, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (northbound Sea line departure, through Chengzhui line) Toward Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu
■ West Coast line (northbound departure) Toward Fengyuan, Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei
■ Jiji line (southbound departure) Toward Jiji, Checheng

Fuxing Road

Around the Station

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. ↑ "車站簡介". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 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://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/10/17/481293/Tsai-says.htm


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