Yingge railway station

Yingge
鶯歌
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Yingge
Traditional Chinese 鶯歌
General information
Location 68-1 Wenhua Rd
Yingge District, New Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates 24°57′16″N 121°21′19″E / 24.9545°N 121.3552°E / 24.9545; 121.3552Coordinates: 24°57′16″N 121°21′19″E / 24.9545°N 121.3552°E / 24.9545; 121.3552
Line(s)
  West Coast line
Distance 49.2 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure type Ground level
Other information
Website www.railway.gov.tw/yingge/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened 1901-08-25[2]
Rebuilt 2003-01-24
Electrified 1978-01-09[3]
Key dates
1922-05-16 Relocated
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 6.266 million per year[4]
Rank 18 out of 228
Services

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Shanjia
towards Keelung
 West Coast line Taoyuan
towards Kaohsiung
Location
Yingge
Location within Taiwan

Yingge (Chinese: 鶯歌; pinyin: Yīnggē) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview

The old station building is currently used as a motorcycle parking facility.

The station has two island platforms and the main station building is located over the tracks. The station accepts EasyCard or TWSC for payment for travel from Ruifang to Hsinchu (29 stations).

History

  • 25 August 1901: The station opens for service.
  • 24 January 2003: The new station building located over the tracks opens for service.
  • 1 August 2008: The use of EasyCard starts at this station.

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. ↑ "懷舊之旅". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.


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