Tainan Station

This article is about TRA Tainan Station. For the high speed rail station, see THSR Tainan Station.
Tainan
台南
Taiwan Railways Administration

Tainan Station's historic station front
Location Beimen Rd., Sec. 2, No. 4
East, Tainan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 353.2 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type At-Grade
Other information
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened November 29, 1900
Previous names 台南驛 (Japanese)
Traffic
Passengers 52,081 daily (2014)[1]

Tainan Station (Chinese: 台南車站; pinyin: Táinán Chēzhàn) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line located in East District, Tainan, Taiwan. Situated in center of the old town square of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan.

The Shalun Line, opened in 2011, allows through services to link the station with THSR Tainan Station.

Overview

Tainan Station when it first opened in 1900.

The station has one island platform and one side platform. The current station structure opened on March 15, 1936, which included a hotel on the second floor (the only station of its kind in Taiwan). The hotel closed in 1965, and the restaurant was closed in 1986.

Construction is ongoing for a plan to move the tracks and station underground by 2017.

History

Platform layout

A Tzu-Chiang train at Tainan Station.
1 1 Western Line (Northbound) Toward Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Taipei
Eastern Line (Southbound cross-line) Toward Yilan, Su-ao, Hualien
2 2A Western Line (Southbound) Toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung
South-Link Line (Southbound) Toward Fangliao, Taitung
3 2B Western Line (Southbound departure, through traffic) Toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung
Western Line (Northbound departure, through traffic) Toward Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Taipei

Around the station

Railway tracks leading into the station.

Station front

Station back

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

See also

External links

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References

  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. 《台灣七大經典車站建築圖集》,行政院文化建設委員會。

Coordinates: 22°59′49″N 120°12′45″E / 22.99694°N 120.21250°E / 22.99694; 120.21250

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