Kaohsiung Station

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Kaohsiung Station,
Kaohsiung Main Station
高雄車站
Kaohsiung Railway station
Location
Municipality Kaohsiung
District(s) Sanmin
Address Jianguo 2nd Road, No. 318
Info
Type Temporary Station: At-Grade/Underground
(Underground station under construction)
Accessible
History
Opened June 22, 1941
Rail services
Line(s)      Red Line (R11)
     Western Line (185)
Daily Ridership TRA: 43,523 (2010)[1]
MRT: 26,456 (Jan. 2011)[2]
Operator(s) Taiwan Railway Administration
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level特等站
Zhuyin Codeㄍㄠ
Mileage
(from Keelung)
(from Kaohsiung)
399.8 km
0.0 km
There is a bus stop near this station.
Kaohsiung Station
Simplified Chinese 高雄车站
Traditional Chinese 高雄車站

Kaohsiung Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng Chēzhàn) is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line, Kaohsiung Harbor Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line. There is a plan to extend Taiwan High Speed Rail from New Zuoying Station to this station.

Overview

TRA Station

The temporary TRA station is a three-level aboveground station connected by elevated walkways between train platforms. It is divided into front and back stations. At ground level, there are four island platforms and twelve tracks (previously thirteen tracks). Eight of the tracks are aligned with platforms.

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Numbering starts on the left (south side).

Kaohsiung MRT Station

Kaohsiung MRT Station Entrance.
Kaohsiung Old Station Building.

The Kaohsiung MRT station is a two-level, underground station with one exit.[3] It is located at Jianguo 2nd Road.

The entire station is currently undergoing construction as part of a project to move all rail lines through Kaohsiung underground. Though the station is functional, many areas are not operating at full capacity. Kaohsiung Main Station's platform only allows for three-car configurations while all other stations on the Red Line have platforms that can accommodate six-car configurations. Construction is expected to be completed after 2012.

Layout

G Street level Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
B2 Platform 1 ← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Formosa Boulevard)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Houyi) →

History

TRA Station

  • 1900 Takau (打狗) station opened with the opening of Tainan-Takau line where there is Kaohsiung Harbor Station today.
  • 1907 Fongshan branch (extended to today's Pingtung Line) opened.
  • 1920 Takau Station was renamed to Kaohsiung (Takao in Japanese) Station.
  • 1933 Construction of new station on Fongshan branch started.
  • Jun 22, 1941 Kaohsiung Station (new) opened and old Kaohsiung Station was renamed to Kaohsiung Harbor Station.

KMRT Station

  • March 9, 2008 : Red Line between Ciaotou and Siaogang opened.

Nearby stations

Railways at Kaohsiung
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)
Western Line
Pingtung Line
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Red Line

Around the station

See also

External links

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
 Western Line
Taiwan Trunk Line
 Terminus
Terminus Pingtung Line
toward Fangliao
Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Red Line
toward Siaogang

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaohsiung Station.
  1. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic". Taiwan Railway Administration. 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-15. 
  2. ↑ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  3. ↑ "高雄車站". 高雄捷運公司. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line
Taiwan Trunk Line
Northern section
Mountain Line
(Taichung Line)
Coast Line
Southern section
Pingtung Line
Stations on the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Pingtung Line
  • Italics indicate stations under construction
  • Grey text indicates planned stations.

Coordinates: 22°38′24″N 120°18′10″E / 22.64000°N 120.30278°E / 22.64000; 120.30278

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