THSR Tainan Station

THSR Tainan 高鐵台南
Tainan Station
Location	No. 100, Gueiren Blvd[1] Guiren, Tainan Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan High Speed Rail
Line(s)	Taiwan High Speed Rail (TNN)
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

• November 3, 2006: Opened for service.
• January 5, 2007: The segment from Banciao to Zuoying opened for service. Trains begin stopping at Tainan Station.

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.

• Bus Route^[4]
  • 【H31】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Tainan City Hall
  • 【H62】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Chimei Hospital
  • 【R3】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Tainan Airport ─TRA Tainan Station
  • 【R14】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Downtown Guiren ─ Guanmiao

Around the station

• Provincial Highway No. 86
• National Cheng Kung University Aviation Space and Technology Research Center
• National Chiao Tung University, Tainan campus
• Chang Jung Christian University
• Taiwan Tainan Detention Center

Image gallery

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  THSR Tainan Station exterior

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  An inside view of the skyway to Shalun Station

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  Publicity of transferring to downtown Tainan in 20 minutes

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  The Waiting area of THSR Tainan Station

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  A northbound train was approaching Tainan Station.

See also

• Taiwan High Speed Rail
• Tainan

Sources

• Dynamic Bus Information System of Tainan
• The routes of THSR shuttle bus (Chinese)

References

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
Chiayi toward Taipei		Taiwan High Speed Rail		Zuoying Terminus

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