Xizhi railway station

Xizhi
汐止
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Xizhi
Traditional Chinese 汐止
General information
Location 1 Xinyi Rd
Xizhi District, New Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates 25°04′05″N 121°39′41″E / 25.0680°N 121.6614°E / 25.0680; 121.6614Coordinates: 25°04′05″N 121°39′41″E / 25.0680°N 121.6614°E / 25.0680; 121.6614
Line(s)
  West Coast line
Distance 13.1 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/sijhih/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1891-10-20[2][3]
Rebuilt 2006-04-09[4]
Electrified 1978-01-09[5]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7.207 million per year[6]
Rank 15 out of 228
Services

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

Xizhi (Chinese: 汐止; pinyin: Xìzhǐ) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview

Xizhi Station platforms.

The station has two island platforms.

History

  • 20 October 1891: The station opened as Tsui-tng-ka Pier (Chinese: 水返腳碼頭).
  • 1920: (during Japanese rule) The name was changed to Shiodome Station (Japanese: 汐止駅, Hepburn: Shiodome-eki).
  • 1945: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
  • 9 April 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
  • 1 August 2008: The station begins accepting EasyCard as payment for travel

Around the station

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. ↑ Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "汐止發展史". Xizhi District Office (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "汐止高架車站工程". Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.


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