Xinying railway station

Xinying
新營
Taiwan Railways Administration
Xinying Station front
Location Zhongshan Rd., No. 1
Xinying, Tainan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 314.7 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade
Other information
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened 16 December 1901
Rebuilt 1976
Previous names 新營庄停車場, 新營驛
Key dates
1934 Station rebuilt
1964 Station rebuilt
Traffic
Passengers 11,231 daily (2014)[1]

Xinying Station (Chinese: 新營車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnyíng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyíng Chejhàn), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

Overview

Preserved Taiwan Sugar Railways station building

The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.

History

  • 16 December 1901: The station opened for service as Shin'ei Village Station (Japanese: 新營庄停車場).
  • 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
  • 1 June 1920: The station name was changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
  • 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
  • 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
  • 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
  • 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
  • 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
  • 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

1 1A ■ West Coast line (northbound) Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
■ Eastern line (Cross-line southbound) Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien
2 1B ■ West Coast line (southbound) Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (northbound, through track) Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
■ South-link line (southbound) Toward Taitung
3 2A ■ West Coast line (southbound, through track) Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (northbound, originating) Toward Chiayi
4 2B ■ Not In Use Not in use

Around the station

See also

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
Houbi
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Liuying
towards Kaohsiung

Coordinates: 23°18′23.3″N 120°19′23.3″E / 23.306472°N 120.323139°E / 23.306472; 120.323139


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