THSR Tainan Station

This article is about THSR Tainan Station. For the union TRA station, see Shalun Station.
THSR Tainan
高鐵台南
Taiwan High Speed Rail

Tainan Station
Location No. 100, Gueiren Blvd[1]
Guiren, Tainan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms 2
Connections Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened November 3, 2006
Traffic
Passengers 17,960 daily (2013)[2]
Direction sign of TRA platform which is behind ticket barrier in THSR Tainan Station.
There is gateway connected the THSR Tainan Station with Shalun Station.

THSR Tainan Station (高鐵台南站) is a Taiwan High Speed Rail station located in Guiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. Besides the Shuttle Bus service, passengers can transfer to downtown Tainan and other towns in the greater Tainan area by local train of TRA Shalun Line .

Overview

Tainan station was designed by Fei & Cheng Associates and constructed primarily by Shimizu Corporation. The total floor area is 28,708 m2 (309,010 sq ft) and is constructed from steel and reinforced concrete.[3] The station is an elevated structure with two side platforms.

The roof of the station building and the platform are horizontally connected, and an oval-shaped skylight is installed in the center of the station hall.

History

Platform layout

4 2A Taiwan High Speed Rail (Southbound) Toward Zuoying
3
2
Taiwan High Speed Rail
(Passing tracks)
1 1A Taiwan High Speed Rail (Northbound) Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taoyuan, Taipei

Station layout

3F
Side platform
Platform 2 THSR toward Zuoying (Terminus)
Passing track THSR through service
Passing track THSR through service
Platform 1 THSR toward Taipei (Chiayi)
Side platform
2F Connecting Level Ticketing gates, waiting area, infant care room.

The skywalk connected THSR Station with TRA Shalun Station.

Ground Level Lobby Entrance/Exit, ticketing, automatic ticketing machines, restrooms, information desk
Parking lot, transfer station, taxi stand, drop-off area

Shuttle Bus

The station has a Bus stop located nearby Exit 2.

Around the station

Image gallery

See also

Sources

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to THSR Tainan Station.
  1. "Destinations". Taiwan High Speed Rail. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
  2. "Table 2-9 Passenger Traffic of High-Speed Rail Stations" (PDF). Ministry of Transportation and Communications. January 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  3. "Taiwan High Speed Tainan Station". Fei & Cheng Associates. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  4. "Bus Routing Information". 臺南市公車動態資訊系統. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
Preceding station   Taiwan High Speed Rail   Following station
toward Taipei
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Terminus

Coordinates: 22°55′29.07″N 120°17′8.76″E / 22.9247417°N 120.2857667°E / 22.9247417; 120.2857667

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