Tainan railway station

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

臺南
Taiwan Railway
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese台南
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáinán
Bopomofoㄊㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Hakka
Romanization
Southern Min
Tâi-lôTâi-lâm
General information
Location4 Sec 2 Beimen Rd
East District, Tainan[1]
Taiwan
Coordinates22°59′50″N 120°12′47″E / 22.9971°N 120.2130°E / 22.9971; 120.2130[1]
Line(s)
  Western Trunk line
Distance353.2 km to Keelung via Taichung[2]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
Station code
  • 175 (three-digit)[1]
  • 1228 (four-digit)[1]
  • A77 (statistical)[3]
ClassificationFirst class (Chinese: 一等)[4]
Websitewww.railway.gov.tw/Tainan/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened1900-11-29[5]
Rebuilt1936-03
Electrified1979-04-23[6]
Passengers
201719.670 million per year[3] Increase 1.69%
Rank4 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Daqiao
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Bao'an
towards Pingtung
Location
Tainan is located in Taiwan
Tainan
Tainan
Location within Taiwan

Tainan (Chinese: 台南; pinyin: Táinán) is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Situated in centre of the old town square in the East District of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan. The Shalun line, opened in 2011, allows through services to link the station with THSR Tainan Station.

Overview

Tainan Station when it first opened in 1900.

The station has one island platform and one side platform. The current station structure opened on 15 March 1936, which included a hotel on the second floor (the only station of its kind in Taiwan). The hotel closed in 1965, and the restaurant was closed in 1986.

Construction is ongoing for a plan to move the tracks and station underground, started 2017.

History

  • 1899-12: The construction on the station began.
  • 1900-05-15: Construction on the station was completed.
  • 1900-11-29: The section from Tainan to Dagou (modern-day Kaohsiung Port) opens for service.
  • 1901: The section from Tainan to Wanli (Shanhua) opens for service.
  • 1905: Slight expansion of the station.[7]
  • 1911: Rebuilt due to collapse from wind and rain.
  • 1927: Due to double track construction from Tainan to Kaohsiung and inadequacy of the station, the station was demolished. Construction began on the second-generation station the same year.
  • 1936-03-15: The current (second-generation) station is completed, taking a total of two years seven months to complete. A hotel was opened on the second floor of the station.
  • 1945: The Station sustained damage from an American bombing. A restaurant was also added on the second floor.
  • 1954-06-06: The Taiwan Sugar Railways Guanmiao line (關廟線) is extended to south of Tainan Station.
  • 1965: The hotel on the second floor of the station was closed.
  • 1969-05-20: The Guanmiao line was demolished.
  • 1977-06: A station rear entrance/exit was constructed to benefit East District residents and the students and teachers of nearby schools who otherwise would have to go through the main entrance/exit on Beimen Road.
  • 1986: The restaurant on the second floor of the station was closed.
  • 1998-12-18: The Ministry of the Interior designates the station a historical site. (The government of Taiwan Province had previously declared it a historical site.)
  • 1999-07-01: Station operation is transferred from the provincial railway bureau to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
  • 2007-04-26: The Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project (臺南市區鐵路地下化計畫) is finalized. This plan moves the station as well as the railroad tracks from around Shijian Park (實踐公園) to the southern end of Shengchan Road (生產路) completely underground. The original station aboveground will be preserved as a landmark and some of original railroad tracks area converted into a park.
  • 2009-09-09: The Executive Yuan Council for Economic Planning and Development approved the Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project.[8] Construction was expected to begin and last for over seven years to be completed by 2017.
  • 2010-12-21: Two additional barrier-free elevators at the front station were put into operation (located respectively in the taxi scheduling area and by the Tainan Branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection)
  • 2010-12-21: The Shalun Line begins operation, allowing passengers to reach the Shalun Station and the connected Tainan HSR station in 20 minutes.
  • 2012-05-08: A barrier-free elevator connecting Platform 1 and 2 is completed and put into operation.
  • 2016-04-21: Puyuma Express trains began to stop at Tainan Station.
  • 2017-05-07: The collapse of the lobby ceiling injured two passengers, causing an investigation into the structural integrity of the historical site.
  • 2017-10: Renovations began, costing a total of NT$157 million and an estimated construction period of 40 months.
  • 2019-11: The main construction on the new underground station began with expected completion and opening in November 2026.

Platform layout

A Tzu-Chiang train at Tainan Station.
1 1 ■ West Coast line (northbound) Towards Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Taipei
■ Eastern line (southbound cross-line) Towards Yilan, Su-ao, Hualien
2 2A ■ West Coast line (southbound) Towards Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ South-link line (southbound) Towards Fangliao, Taitung
3 2B ■ West Coast line (southbound departure, through traffic) Towards Kaohsiung, Pingtung
■ West Coast line (northbound departure, through traffic) Towards Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Taipei

Around the station

Railway tracks leading into the station.

Station front

Station back

See also

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. ^ 《台灣七大經典車站建築圖集》，行政院文化建設委員會。
  8. ^ "The schematic diagram of Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project (8)". Railway Construction: Tainan Project. Railway Bureau, MOTC. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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