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Pingtung

屏東
Pingtung; 屏東
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	屏東
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Píngdōng
Bopomofo	ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
Hakka
Romanization	Pǐn-dúng (Sixian dialect); Pin-dùng (Hailu dialect);
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Pîn-tong
General information
Location	62 Gongyong Rd; Pingtung City, Pingtung County; Taiwan
Coordinates	22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung
Connections	Local bus; Coach;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	P05 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Pingtung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened	24 December 1913; 110 years ago
Rebuilt	5 October 1962; 62 years ago; 23 August 2015; 9 years ago
Electrified	10 July 1996; 28 years ago
Previous names	Heitō (Japanese: 屏東)
Passengers
2017	7.387 million per year 1.95%
Rank	14 out of 228
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Location
	Pingtung Location within Taiwan

Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview

The station has two island platforms. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.

20 December 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東, "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
5 October 1962: Station rebuilt.
23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks.

1	1A	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Ershui
3	2A	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) ■ East Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung, Su'ao, Hualien
4	2B	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung

3F	Platform 1A	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 1B	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Platform 2A	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 2B	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
2F	Concourse	Turnstile, Waiting room, Shopping Center, Toilets, Railway Police Bureau
1F	Lobby	Entrance/Exit Ticket office, Ticket machine, Station Master, Tourism Bureau, Baggage room, Shopping Center, Toilets

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 車站介紹. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ 屏潮計畫. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.