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Gangshan station
Gangshan station
Chinese	岡山車站
Simplified Chinese	冈山车站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gāngshān Chēzhàn
Bopomofo	ㄍㄤㄕㄢㄔㄜㄓㄢˋ
Wade–Giles	Kang1shan1ch'ê1chan4

Gangshan

岡山
Gangshan; 岡山 ;
	Gangshan railway Station Gangshan metro station
General information
Location	Gangshan, Kaohsiung; Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railway Corporation; Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation;
Line(s)	Western Trunk line (180); Red line (RK1);
Distance	378.4 km from Keelung
Platforms	2 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railway level)
History
Opened	TRA: 15 December 1900 (original); 29 October 1993 (present building); KMRT: 30 June 2024
Passengers
	4,850 daily (2023)
Services

22°47′33″N 120°18′01″E / 22.792433°N 120.300281°E / 22.792433; 120.300281

Gangshan (Chinese: 岡山車站; pinyin: Gāngshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station and metro station on the Taiwan Railway West Coast line and Kaohsiung Metro Red line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.^[2]

History

The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as Agongdian Station (阿公店停車場), and was renamed as Okayama Station (岡山駅) in 1920. In November 1923, a second, wooden station building was opened to replace the original 1900 station. The current station building was opened on 29 October 1993, and the 1923 wooden station building burned down on 3 November 1995. Contactless smartcard fare gates were installed at this station on 30 September 2013.

The Kaohsiung Metro Red line extension which directly link to train station has been operated in 30 June 2024.^[3]