Shulin Station

Shulin
樹林
Taiwan Railways Administration

Shulin Station Entrance
Location Shulin, New Taipei
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 40.9 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade
Other information
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened August 25, 1901 (original)
September 27, 1997 (present building)
Traffic
Passengers 32,748 daily (2014)[1]
Shulin Station lunchbox counter in the style of Taiwan Railway EMU700 series

Shulin Station (Chinese: 樹林車站; pinyin: Shùlín Chēzhàn) is a station on the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Overview

The station has two island platforms and a side platform. The side platform opened on May 3, 2007, but is only rarely used for terminating trains. The cross station-type building allows passengers to buy tickets on the second floor with connections to platforms at ground level. The station is also the origin station for most eastbound trains to Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung.

History

Platform configuration

1 1A Western Line (Southbound) toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
Eastern Line (Northbound) terminus
2 1B Western Line (Southbound) toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
3 2A Eastern Line (Northbound) toward Taipei, Keelung
4 2B Western Line (Northbound) toward Taipei, Keelung
Eastern Line (Southbound) toward Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung (via the South-Link Line)
Eastern Line (Northbound) terminus
5 Linkou Line (North/Southbound) shunting
7 3 Eastern Line (North/Southbound) terminus

Around the Station

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
Western Line
toward Kaohsiung

See also

References

  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

External links

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Coordinates: 24°59′29.32″N 121°25′30.06″E / 24.9914778°N 121.4250167°E / 24.9914778; 121.4250167

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