Tanzi railway station

Tanzi
潭子
Taiwan Railways Administration
Tanzi Station
Location Tanzi, Taichung
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 184.1 km from Keelung
Platforms 2 island platforms (1 closed)
Construction
Structure type At-grade (will be elevated in future)
Other information
Classification 三等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened 15 May 1905
Previous names Tanshiken-eki (潭子墘駅)
Traffic
Passengers 4,683 daily (2014)[1]

Tanzi (Chinese: 潭子車站; pinyin: Tánzi Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line (Mountain line) located in Tanzi District, Taichung City, Taiwan. The station was once the eastern terminal for the now defunct TRA Shengang line. The current station is located on ground level. As part of the elevatization process of the West Coast line, a new elevated Tanzi Station is currently under construction and will open on 29 March 2016.

Platform Layout

1 1A ■ West Coast line (southbound) Towards Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (southbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) Towards Zhuifen, Shalu, Dajia, Tongxiao
■ West Coast line (southbound) Towards Fangliao, Taitung (via South-link line)
2 1B ■ West Coast line (northbound) Towards Fengyuan, Hsinchu, Taipei, Keelung
■ West Coast line (southbound) Towards Yilan, Taitung, Fangliao, Kaohsiung (via South-link line)

Train services

As a minor station, Tanzi Station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.

Around the station

References

  1. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Fengyuan
towards Zhunan
 Taichung line Taiyuan
towards Changhua or Zhuifen

Coordinates: 24°12′47.1″N 120°42′20.7″E / 24.213083°N 120.705750°E / 24.213083; 120.705750


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