Shulin Station


Shulin Station 樹林車站
Shulin Station Entrance
Location
City	New Taipei
District(s)	Shulin
Info
Type	At-Grade
History
Opened	August 25, 1901
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Western Line (A15)
Daily Ridership	30,521 (2010)^[1]
Operator(s)	Taiwan Railway Administration
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level	一等
Zhuyin Code	ㄕㄨ
Mileage (from Keelung)	41.0 km
There is a bus stop near this station.

Shulin Station is a station on the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

1 Overview
2 History
3 Platform configuration
4 Around the Station
5 References

Overview

The station has two island platforms and a side platform. The side platform opened on May 3, 2007, but is only rarely used for terminating trains. The cross station-type building allows passengers to buy tickets on the second floor with connections to platforms at ground level.

History

August 25, 1901: Opened as "Shulin Dropping Station"
June 1, 1902: Name changed to "Shulin Stopping Station"
December 1940: Name changed to "Shulin Station"
January 1, 1955: Designated as a 2nd level (2nd) station
January 1, 1966: Designated as a 2nd level (1st) station
July 1, 1985: Designated as a 1st level station
July 26, 1994: The old station was demolished. The station was moved into a temporary structure.
March 14, 1997: Shulin Yard begins operations. The Eastern Line terminus is shifted from Banqiao to Shulin.
September 27, 1997: The new cross-station type building opens.
May 3, 2007: The third platform opens.
June 20, 2008: The Taipei-Shulin segment begins trials with payment using the EasyCard.
July 2009: A lunchbox counter opens on Platform 2.
March 26, 2010: EasyCard usage officially begins.

Platform configuration

1	1A	■ Western Line (Southbound)	toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
1	1A	■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	terminus
2	1B	■ Western Line (Southbound)	toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
3	2A	■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	toward Taipei, Keelung
4	2B	■ Western Line (Northbound)	toward Taipei, Keelung
		■ Eastern Line (Southbound)	toward Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung (via the South-Link Line)
		■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	terminus
5		■ Linkou Line (North/Southbound)	shunting
7	3	■ Eastern Line (North/Southbound)	terminus

Around the Station

Shulin City Office
Shulin Baoan Temple
Shulin Junior High School
Shuren School of Home Economics (Private)
Shulin Datong Science Park (formerly Shulin Winery)
Banqiao Xikun Junior High School
Shulin High School

References

^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic". Taiwan Railway Administration. 2011. http://www.railway.gov.tw/Upload/intro/file/99Year/pdf/t11.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-15.

Preceding station		Taiwan Railway Administration		Following station
Banqiao toward Keelung		Western Line		Shanjia toward Kaohsiung