Chiayi railway station

This article is about the Taiwan Railway station. For the THSR station with the same name, see Chiayi HSR station.

Chiayi 嘉義
Taiwan Railway and Alishan Forest railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	嘉義
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāyì Bopomofo ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧˋ Hakka Romanization Gá-ngi (Sixian dialect) Gà-ngi^+ (Hailu dialect) Southern Min Tâi-lô Ka-gī
General information
Location	528 Zhongshan Rd West District, Chiayi Taiwan
Coordinates	23.4791°N 120.4411°E / 23.4791; 120.4411
Line(s)	Western Trunk line   Main line
Distance	291.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1] (TRA)
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	4080
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等) (TR)[2]
Website	Taiwan Railway Alishan Forest Railway
History
Opened	1902[3]
Rebuilt	1933
Electrified	1978-12-19[4]
Previous names	Kagi (Japanese: 嘉義)
Passengers
2017	7.668 million per year[5]  1.1% (TRA)
Rank	13 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Jiabei towards Keelung Western Trunk line Shuishang towards Pingtung Preceding station Alishan Forest Railway Following station Beimen towards Alishan Main line Terminus
Location Chiayi Location within Taiwan

A Chiayi station platform for trains on the Alishan Forest Railway.

Chiayi (Chinese: 嘉義; pinyin: Jiāyì) is a railway station in Chiayi, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railway and Alishan Forest Railway.

History

Map including Chiayi railway station (labeled as 'Station') (1950s)

The station was firstly constructed in 1896 and opened on 20 April 1902 with service on the West Coast line. The station was a single-story wooden structure with Japanese style with slant roof and rain-shield walls. The rail line connected to the station roughly divides Chiayi City into two regions. The region located in front of the station prospered as the city business district, while the region located behind the station was scarcely developed. Service to the Alishan Forest Railway began in 1912 from the station. The station was renovated in June 1933 to its current structure. The station is undergoing reconstruction as an elevated station to remove traffic conflicts at level crossings, due to be completed in September 2026.[6]

Architecture

The station is located 30 metres above sea level.[7] The at-grade station has one island platform and one side platform.

It is a steel concrete structure with classical symmetry design, simple gables, geometric totems and streamlined modern design. The platform roofs of the railway station were constructed with the railway tracks.

Around the station

• Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse
• Chia-Le-Fu Night Market
• Chiayi Art Museum
• Chiayi City Council
• Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park
• Chiayi Jen Wu Temple
• Museum of Old Taiwan Tiles
• Renyitan Dam
• Taiwan Hinoki Museum
• Wenhua Road Night Market

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. 車站沿革. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
4. 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
5. 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
6. "Elevated Railway Project at the Urban Area of Chiayi". Railway Bureau, MOTC. 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
7. Su, Z.X. (2012). "Stations on the line". Alishan Forest Railway. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

External links

• Chiayi Station (in Chinese)
• Chiayi Station (in English)