Pingtung Station

Pingtung
屏東
Taiwan Railways Administration
Location Pingtung City, Pingtung County
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 21.0 km from Kaohsiung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade
Other information
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened December 20, 1913
Previous names Aku Station (阿緱驛)
Traffic
Passengers 20,793 daily (2014)[1]

Pingtung Station (Chinese: 屏東車站; pinyin: Píngdōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Overview

First Pingtung Station building
Second Pingtung Station building

The station has one side platform and one island platform, as well as a tourism center. The station is planned to be converted into an elevated station. The station is the last station to have electrified rails, but they are planned to be extended to Chaozhou.

History

Platform layout

1 1 South-Link Line (Southbound) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
2 2A Western Line (Northbound) Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Taipei
South-Link Line (Southbound through traffic) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
3 2B Western Line (Northbound through traffic) Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei
Western Line (Northbound departure) Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi
South-Link Line (Southbound departure) Toward Fangliao, Taitung

Around the station

See also

References

  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
Western Line
Guilai
toward Kaohsiung

External links

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Coordinates: 22°40′09″N 120°29′07″E / 22.66917°N 120.48528°E / 22.66917; 120.48528


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