Puxin railway station

Puxin station (traditional Chinese: 埔心車站; simplified Chinese: 埔心车站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[3]

Puxin

埔心
General information
Location208-1 Yongmei Rd.
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
  •   West Coast line (109)
Distance73.1 km from Keelung
Platforms2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened10 April 1900 (1900-04-10)[1]
Passengers
10,457 daily (2014)[2]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station
Zhongli
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Yangmei
towards Pingtung

History

The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.[1] It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. 蘇昭旭. 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 45. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
  2. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


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