Taichung railway station

This article is about the TRA station. For the THSR station with the same name, see Taichung HSR station.
Taichung

臺中
Taiwan Railway
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese臺中
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáizhōng
Bopomofoㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Hakka
RomanizationTǒi-zóng (Sixian dialect)
Toi-zhùng (Hailu dialect)
Southern Min
Tâi-lôTâi-tiong
General information
Location1 Sec 1 Taiwan Blvd
Central District, Taichung[1]
Taiwan
Coordinates24°08′13″N 120°41′12″E / 24.1370°N 120.6868°E / 24.1370; 120.6868[1]
Line(s)
  Western Trunk line
Distance193.3 km to Keelung[2]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station code
  • 146 (three-digit)[1]
  • 1319 (four-digit)[1]
  • T12 (statistical)[3]
ClassificationSpecial class (Chinese: 特等)[4]
Websitewww.railway.gov.tw/Taichung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened1905-05-15[5]
Rebuilt2016-10-16
Electrified1978-10-20[6]
Previous namesTaichū (Japanese: 臺中)
Key dates
2018-10-01Station hub complete
Passengers
201719.431 million per year[3] Decrease 2.47%
Rank5 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Jingwu
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Wuquan
towards Pingtung
Location
Taichung is located in Taiwan
Taichung
Taichung
Location within Taiwan

Taichung station (Chinese: 臺中車站; pinyin: Táizhōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station in Taichung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. It is served by all TRA services along the route.

History

Former Taichung station building

The station was originally constructed in 1905 in a wooden building architectural style and started its operation in 1908. In 1917, it was rebuilt as a red brick structure with Renaissance architectural style.[7]

On 16 October 2016, the elevated station was inaugurated in which the ground-level station was shut down. The first train that arrived at the elevated station was at 06:28. The ceremony was attended by President Tsai Ing-wen and Transportation and Communication Minister Hochen Tan.[8]

Overview

The old station has one side platform and one island platform. The architecture dates from the era of Japanese rule, and is classified as a National Tier 2 Historic Site. The now-defunct Taiwan Sugar Railways' Zhong-Zhuo line once stopped at the station.

The new station layout has one side platform and two island platforms, but currently only one side platform and one island platform are used. They have the same numbering as the old station only reversed.

Platform layout

Jianguo Road

Platform
3 2 ■ West Coast line (northbound) Toward Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei, Keelung
■ Eastern line (southbound, cross-line) Toward Yilan, Hualien, Taitung
■West Coast line (southbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) Toward Fengyuan, Houli
2 1B ■ West Coast line (southbound) Toward Changhua, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast (northbound through traffic) Toward Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei, Keelung
■ South-link line (southbound) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
■ West Coast line (northbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) Toward Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu
1 1A ■ West Coast line (southbound, through traffic) Toward Changhua, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (northbound Sea line departure, through Chengzhui line) Toward Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu
■ West Coast line (northbound departure) Toward Fengyuan, Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Taipei
■ Jiji line (southbound departure) Toward Jiji, Checheng

Fuxing Road

Around the station

References

  1. ^ a b c d "車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. ^ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ^ Everington, Keoni (17 September 2019). "Photo of the Day: Moon over old Taichung Station". Taiwan News. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  8. ^ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/10/17/481293/Tsai-says.htm [dead link‍]
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