Ciaotou Station

Ciaotou Station
(Qiaotou Station)
橋頭車站
TRA Qiaotou Station
Location
City Kaohsiung
District(s) Qiaotou
Info
Type Elevated/At-Grade
Platforms 2 island platforms
1 side platform
Accessible
History
Opened TRA: May 15, 1901
MRT: March 9, 2008
Rail services
Line(s) Red Line (R23)
Western Line (181)
Daily Ridership MRT: 6,490 (Jan. 2011)[1]
Operator(s) Taiwan Railway Administration
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level 三等
Zhuyin Code ㄑㄠ
Mileage
(from Keelung)
382.0 km
There is a bus stop near this station.
Ciaotou Station
Traditional Chinese 橋頭車站
Simplified Chinese 桥头车站

Ciaotou Station or Qiaotou Station (橋頭車站) is a railway station located at Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.

Contents

Station Overview

This three-level station is serves the TRA and Kaohsiung MRT. TRA services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an island platform.[2] It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.

Station Layout

3F Platform 1 KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
Island platform, Door open on the left
Platform 2 KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
2F
Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near Exit 2)
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
Side Platform
Platform 1   TRA Western Line toward Taichung, Taipei (Gangshan)
Platform 2A TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)
Island Platform
Platform 2B TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)

Exits

History

TRA Station

KMRT Station

Around the Station

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
Gangshan
toward Keelung
Western Line
Nanzi
toward Kaohsiung
Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Terminus Red Line
toward Siaogang

External links

References

  1. ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. http://mtbu.kcg.gov.tw/html/info/statistics_month.php. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  2. ^ "橋頭火車站". 高雄捷運公司. http://www.krtco.com.tw/service/service-1_1-R23.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-05.