Taitung railway station

Taitung
台東
Taiwan Railways Administration
Location 598 Ln 101 Yanwan Rd
Taitung City, Taitung
Taiwan
Line(s)
Distance 151.9 km from Hualien
98.2 km from Fangliao
Construction
Structure type Surface
Other information
Station code 004
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened 1982-06-27
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Terminus Taitung line Shanli
towards Hualien
Kangle
towards Fangliao
 South-link line Terminus

Taitung (Chinese: 台東車站; pinyin: Táidōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of Taiwan Railways Administration. It lies at the junction of the Hualien-Taitung line and the South-link line in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan.

History

During the construction work of the back part of Taitung Station in 1980, a historic settlement area was discovered when graveyard containing several thousand slate coffins was unearthed, with some bodies still laid within. Around 20,000 pieces of jade, pottery and stone tools were also found. This had caught the attention of the government to carry out archaeological work and build a national museum to preserve the artifacts. The area officially opened in 1997 as the Beinan Cultural Park.[1]

Structure

Taitung station platform

There are three island platforms.

Service

All service classes of the TRA except the Taroko Express. This is because the Taroko class is exclusively used on the northern half of the Eastern line. Only the "Puyuma Express" runs the full length from Taipei to Taitung after electrification of the Eastern line was completed in July 2014.[2]

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Special Interests > Rail Tour > Three-day Tour of Hualien and Taitung > Beinan Cultural Park >". Eng.taiwan.net.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Taitung to be destination for Puyuma by year-end - The China Post". The China Post. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

Coordinates: 22°47′36″N 121°07′23″E / 22.79333°N 121.12306°E / 22.79333; 121.12306


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