Gangshan station

22.792433°N 120.300281°E / 22.792433; 120.300281

Gangshan 岡山
Gangshan railway Station Gangshan metro station
General information
Location	Gangshan, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railway Corporation Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Western Trunk line (180)      Red line (RK1)
Distance	378.4 km from Keelung
Platforms	2 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railway level)
History
Opened	TRA: 15 December 1900 (original) 29 October 1993 (present building) KMRT: 30 June 2024
Passengers
4,850 daily (2023) [1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Luzhu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Qiaotou towards Pingtung Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Terminus Red line Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital towards Siaogang

Gangshan station
Chinese	岡山車站
Simplified Chinese	冈山车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāngshān Chēzhàn Bopomofo ㄍㄤ ㄕㄢ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Kang^1shan^1ch'ê^1chan^4

Gangshan (Chinese: 岡山車站; pinyin: Gāngshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station and metro station on the Taiwan Railway West Coast line and Kaohsiung Metro Red line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[2]

History

The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as Agongdian Station (阿公店停車場), and was renamed as Okayama Station (岡山駅) in 1920. In November 1923, a second, wooden station building was opened to replace the original 1900 station. The current station building was opened on 29 October 1993, and the 1923 wooden station building burned down on 3 November 1995. Contactless smartcard fare gates were installed at this station on 30 September 2013.

The Kaohsiung Metro Red line extension which directly link to train station has been operated in 30 June 2024.[3]

Around the station

• Gangshan Water Tower
• Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet
• Provincial Highway 1
• Republic of China Air Force Academy

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
2. "岡山火車站地圖".
3. "MRT expansion - Taipei Times". July 2024.