Gushan railway station (Taiwan)

Gushan

鼓山
Taiwan Railway
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鼓山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔshān
Bopomofoㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄢ
General information
LocationGushan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates22°38′24″N 120°16′53″E / 22.6399°N 120.2813°E / 22.6399; 120.2813
Line(s)
Distance397.3 km to Keelung[1]
ConnectionsLocal bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1929-10-01
Rebuilt2018-10-14
Electrified1979-06-29[2]
Previous namesTamachi (Japanese: 田町)
Key dates
1993Rebuilt
2008-11-09Passenger services terminated
2009-05-13Closed
2018-10-14Re-opened
Passengers
2018TBA
RankTBA
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Museum of Fine Arts
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Sankuaicuo
towards Pingtung
Location
Gushan is located in Kaohsiung
Gushan
Gushan
Location within Kaohsiung
Gushan is located in Taiwan
Gushan
Gushan
Gushan (Taiwan)
Gushan

鼓山站
Kaohsiung metro station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鼓山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔshān
Bopomofoㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄢ
General information
LocationGushan, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)Circular Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeC18
History
OpenedDecember 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station
Gushan District Office
outer loop / anticlockwise
Circular light rail Makadao
inner loop / clockwise

Gushan (Chinese: 鼓山; pinyin: Gǔshān) is a railway and light rail station in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways and the Circular Line of the Kaohsiung rapid transit system.

History

On October 1, 1929, Asano Cement Kabushiki Kaisha built Tamachi Station as a freight station to transport goods for its nearby concrete plant (later known as Taiwan Cement Kaohsiung Plant). The station was built on the Taiwan Trunk line, northeast from the terminal station of Takao Station.[3]

On June 20, 1941, Takao (Kaohsiung) Station was relocated to Sanmin District, and the original location was renamed as Kaohsiung Port Station. To accommodate the relocation, a new junction was built south of Tamachi Station for a new track connecting Sankuaicuo station and the new terminal station for Takao (Kaohsiung) Station.

On April 15, 1950, Tamachi Station was renamed as Gushan Station.

On November 9, 2008, passenger services from the station were discontinued. The station was since only serving freight services until the station closed.

On May 13, 2009, the station was closed for the construction of Kaohsiung Railway Underground Project.

On October 14, 2018, the station was reopened with a new station building after the completion of the Kaohsiung Railway Underground Project. Passenger services were restored.

On December 16, 2021, Gushan Light Rail Station of the Circular Light Rail Line was opened.

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. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Takao Railway Museum". Ministry of Culture Museums. Retrieved November 11, 2024.