Xike railway station

Xike
汐科
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Xike
Traditional Chinese 汐科
General information
Location 182 Sec 2 Datong Rd
Xizhi District, New Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates 25°03′46″N 121°38′48″E / 25.0627°N 121.6466°E / 25.0627; 121.6466Coordinates: 25°03′46″N 121°38′48″E / 25.0627°N 121.6466°E / 25.0627; 121.6466
Line(s)
  West Coast line
Distance 14.6 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/Sijhih/CP.aspx?SN=13509 (in Chinese)
History
Opened 2007-12-30[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 6.212 million per year[3]
Rank 20 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Xizhi
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Nangang
towards Kaohsiung
Location
Xike
Location within Taiwan

Xike (Chinese: 汐科; pinyin: Xīkē) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Located near Xizhi's technology park, it is experiences heavy traffic during the morning and early evening rush hours.

Construction

Construction started in June 2005 and finished on schedule in December 2007.[4] During planning the names South Xizhi Station (南汐止站) and Xizhi Technology Park (汐科園區站) were mooted, but eventually the name Xike Station (汐科站) was chosen.

Usage

Media reports have highlighted Xike Station as part of the "MRT-ization" plan for Taiwan's urban railways, offering convenient transport for commuters, spurring new residential construction, and raising property prices in the vicinity of the station.[5] This station only stops Local Trains.

Future expansion

The planned Minsheng-Xizhi line of the Taipei MRT system would see Xike Station transformed into a TRA and MRT interchange station.[6]

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. ↑ "汐止高架車站工程". Railway Reconstruction Bureau (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Xizhi – Xike Station (in Chinese), New Taipei City government, archived from the original on 3 December 2012
  5. ↑ 「台鐵捷運化」 房仲看好汐科站房市後市, Independence Evening Post (in Chinese)
  6. ↑ 民生汐止線路線說明 (in Chinese), Department of Rapid Transit Systems


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