Tai'an railway station (Taiwan)

Tai'an

泰安
Taiwan Railway
Tai'an (New) Station
General information
LocationAnmei Rd, No. 37
Houli, Taichung
Taiwan
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)     Western Trunk line (142)
Distance169.7 km from Keelung
PlatformsSingle island platform
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Classification簡易站 (TRA level)
History
Opened24 September 1998
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Sanyi
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Houli
towards Pingtung

Tai'an (Chinese: 泰安車站; pinyin: Tài'ān Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line located in Houli District, Taichung, Taiwan.[1] The current elevated station is not the first Tai'an Station nor is located at its original site. Due to the re-routing of the West Coast line, the TRA closed the Tai'an Old Station on the Former Mountain line and keeps it as a tourist and historical facility while transferring the actual transportation service to the new station.

Structure

Tai'an Station is an elevated train station, and the ticket vending machine is placed on the ground floor, and passengers go upstairs to the fifth floor to take the train. There is an elevator for use by those who are physically disabled. An island platform is located between the tracks at the station.

Platform layout

Platform
East Mountain line Southward
Island Platform, door open right of driving direction.
West Mountain line Northward

Service

As a minor station, Tai'an Station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ^ Crook, Steven (22 November 2019). "Highways and Byways: Railway culture at Taian". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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