Hsinchu railway station

Hsinchu
Hsinchu; 新竹
	TRA railway station
	Exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新竹
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnzhú
Bopomofo	ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊ
Hakka
Romanization	Xín-zùg (Sixian dialect); Sìn-zhug (Hailu dialect);
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Sin-tik
General information
Location	445 Sec 2 Zhonghua Rd; East District, Hsinchu City[1]; Taiwan
Coordinates	24.8016°N 120.9716°E[1]
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	106.4 km to Keelung[2]
Connections	Local bus; Coach;
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	115 (three-digit)[1]; 1025 (four-digit)[1]; A29 (statistical)[3];
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[4]
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Hsinchu/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened	1893-11-30[5][6]
Rebuilt	1913
Electrified	1978-01-09[7]
Previous names	Shinchiku (Japanese: 新竹)
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	15.020 million per year[3] 0.86%
Rank	7 out of 228
Services
Location
	Hsinchu Location within Taiwan

Hsinchu (Chinese: 新竹; pinyin: Xīnzhú) is a railway station in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of the Neiwan line.

Structure

There are two island platforms and one side platform, as well as the historic fourth-generation European-style station building which opened in 1913, during Japanese rule.

Sister station

Formally concluded as a sister station with Tokyo Station on February 12, 2015

Speech representative

Roundhouse

Garages used in railway locomotives are generally large circular or semi-circular structures and surround the transfer disk or beside the transfer disk.

Steam train classic photo

Launch at the same time. DT595.CT192.DT673, only in Hsinchu railway station .

This scene is only to be remembered.

Service

Except Tzu-Chiang Limited Express southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some Taroko Expresses, all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan. Neiwan line trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the THSR Hsinchu Station is available through Liujia line (which branches off from the Neiwan line's Zhuzhong Station).

Around the station

Sister stations

Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreements with Grand Central Terminal in USA since August 2013 and with Tokyo Station in Japan since February 2015.[8]

References

"車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"Archived copy" 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy" 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy" 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
"Archived copy" 車站歷史. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy" 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

External links

TRA Hsinchu Station (in Chinese)
TRA Hsinchu Station

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[TRA_station_info-1] "車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[2] "Archived copy" 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[TRA_stats-3] "Archived copy" 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy" 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[A_Living_Landmark-5] Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

[6] "Archived copy" 車站歷史. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Archived copy" 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[jy20150210-8] "Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.