Xike railway station

Xike

汐科
Taiwan Railway
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese汐科
Literal meaningXizhi technology park
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXìke
Bopomofoㄒㄧˋ ㄎㄜ
Wade–GilesHsi⁴-k'ê¹
General information
Location182 Sec 2 Datong Rd
Xizhi District, New Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25°03′46″N 121°38′48″E / 25.0627°N 121.6466°E / 25.0627; 121.6466
Line(s)
  Western Trunk line
Distance14.6 km to Keelung[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeA064 (statistical)
ClassificationSimple (Chinese: 簡易)[2]
History
Opened30 December 2007 (2007-12-30)[3]
Passengers
21,391 daily (2023) [4]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Xizhi
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Nangang
towards Pingtung
Location
Xike is located in Taiwan
Xike
Xike
Location within Taiwan

Xike (Chinese: 汐科) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Located near Xizhi's technology park, it experiences heavy traffic during the morning and early evening rush hours.

Construction

Construction started in June 2005 and finished on schedule in December 2007.[5] During planning the names South Xizhi Station (南汐止站) and Xizhi Technology Park (汐科園區站) were mooted, but eventually the name Xike Station (汐科站) was chosen.

Usage

Media reports have highlighted Xike Station as part of the "MRT-ization" plan for Taiwan's urban railways, offering convenient transport for commuters, spurring new residential construction, and raising property prices in the vicinity of the station.[6] This station only stops Local Trains.

Future expansion

The planned Minsheng–Xizhi line of the Taipei Metro (MRT) system would see Xike Station transformed into a TRA and MRT interchange station.[7]

Around the station

Farglory U-Town (next to the station)

Acer Inc. Headquarters (300m to the south)

Oriental Science Park (450m to the southeast)

See also

References

  1. ^ 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ^ 汐止高架車站工程. Railway Reconstruction Bureau (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ Xizhi – Xike Station (in Chinese), New Taipei City government, archived from the original on 3 December 2012
  6. ^ 「台鐵捷運化」 房仲看好汐科站房市後市, Independence Evening Post (in Chinese)
  7. ^ 民生汐止線路線說明 (in Chinese), Department of Rapid Transit Systems
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