Kaohsiung Station

Kaohsiung
高雄
Taiwan Railways Administration
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit

Kaohsiung Railway station
Other names Kaohsiung Main Station (MRT)
Location Jianguo 2nd Road, No. 318
Sanmin, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 399.8 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Temporary Station: At-Grade/Underground
(Underground station under construction)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Classification 特等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened TRA: June 22, 1941 (original)
March 28, 2002 (temporary)
MRT: March 9, 2008
Traffic
Passengers
  • 41,505 daily (2014)[1] (TRA)
  • 26,456 daily (Jan. 2011)[2] (MRT)
Kaohsiung Station
Traditional Chinese 高雄車站
Simplified Chinese 高雄车站

Kaohsiung Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng Chēzhàn) is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.

Overview

TRA station

The temporary TRA station (opened March 28, 2002) is a three-level above-ground station connected by an elevated walkway between train platforms. It is divided into front and back stations. At ground level, there are 3 island platforms and 6 tracks, 5 of which 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
Takau Station platform in April 1941.

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

New station

A new underground station is being built to replace the current station.[4][5] Similar to Taipei Station, it will consist of a TRA concourse at B1, 2 TRA island platforms and 4 tracks at B2, an MRT concourse at B3 and an MRT platform at B4. The new MRT platform is located about 100 m north of the current station, and is double the length to allow for 6 cars. The underground portion could open as early as December 2017, upon which the current MRT station will be closed and reserved for emergency use. The current TRA station and tracks will be removed and the legacy station building will be moved back to the center for display. There is a proposal to extend THSR to the new station.

Layout

G Street level Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Near Exits 3)
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

KMRT Station

Nearby stations

Old railway map of Kaohsiung
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)
Western Line
Pingtung Line
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Red Line

Around the station

See also

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
West Coast LineTerminus
TerminusPingtung Line
toward Fangliao
Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Red Line
toward Siaogang

References

  1. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  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.
  4. ↑ "交通部鐵路改建工程局－歡迎頁". www.rrb.gov.tw (in Chinese). 25 April 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "高雄市政府捷運工程局網頁". mtbu.kcg.gov.tw (in Chinese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

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

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