Hsinchu Station
Hsinchu Station's historic station front | |
Location |
No. 445, Chunghua Rd. Section 2 Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
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Distance | 106.4 km from Keelung |
Platforms | 2 Island platforms, 1 side platform |
Construction | |
Structure type | Surface |
Other information | |
Classification | 一等(1st) (Taiwan Railways Administration level) |
History | |
Opened | October 30, 1893 |
Traffic | |
Passengers | 43,132 daily (2014)[1] |
Hsinchu Station | |||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 新竹車站 | ||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 新竹车站 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hsinchu Station (Chinese: 新竹車站; pinyin: Xīnzhú Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line and the Neiwan Line. It is located in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the Western Line and the western terminus of the Neiwan Line.
Structure
There are two island platforms and one side platform.
Service
Except Tzu-Chiang Limited Express southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some Taroko Expresses, all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan. Neiwan Line trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the THSR Hsinchu Station is available through Liujia Line (which branches off from the Neiwan Line's Zhuzhong Station).
Preceding station | Taiwan Railway Administration | Following station | ||
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toward Keelung | Western Line | Xiangshan (TRA) toward Kaohsiung |
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Terminus | Neiwan Line | Expo Station toward Neiwan |
Sister stations
Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreement with Tokyo Station in Japan since February 2015.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ "Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to TRA Hsinchu Station. |
- TRA Hsinchu Station (Chinese)
- TRA Hsinchu Station (English)
Coordinates: 24°48′7.38″N 120°58′18.54″E / 24.8020500°N 120.9718167°E