South Shulin Station
South Shulin Station (Chinese: 南樹林車站; pinyin: Nán Shùlín Chēzhàn) is a station on the Taiwan Railway Administration West Coast Line located in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.[1][2] South Shulin Station is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Dongxing Street in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a railway station for the Taiwan Railway Administration (TSA). Shulin Station was built as a commuter station[3] and is the third station in New Taipei City's Shulin District after Shulin Station and Shanjia Station.
Station Structure
- one island platform
Platform A Taiwan Railway main line toward Taoyuan, Hsinchu (Shanjia Station)
Platform BTaiwan Railway main line toward Taipei, Keelung/Su'ao (Shulin Station)
Service
- Service only to local trains
- Trains longer than eight cars are not permitted to stop at this station or similar commuter stations including Sankeng, Fuzhou, Fugang, North Hsinchu.
- Management of this station falls under the supervision of Shulin Station.
- This station accepts EasyCard, I-Pass, and icash 2.0 payments.
Passenger Usage
Year Avg. # of Travelers (per day)
2015 521
Surrounding the Station
- ALEX Tien Kuang Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Sijihong Community
- Shulin Marshalling Yard
- Chunghwa Chemical Synthesis & Biotech Co. Ltd.
- YouBike Station
- South Shulin Station
History
- 12/4/2007: Groundbreaking ceremony
- 2/2009: Construction began, budget NTD 125 million
- 8/2015: Construction completed
- 12/23/2015: Station opened
Naming Process
Representatives of the Shulin District office surveyed 1078 citizens to gather public opinion on a favorable station name. Results of the survey are as follows: South Shulin (42.5%), Dongxing (30.5%). The remaining names include: Shijin Shouji (0.4%), Dongshan (0.3%), Xia Shanjia (0.2%), Shulin Dispatch Station (0.1%), Shujia (0.1%), Xinxing (0.1%), Shuxing (0.1%), New Shulin (0.1%).
Before the opening of the station, the area in which the station is currently located was called "Shulin Train Yard and Simple Train Stop." On 3/25/2015, the Shulin District Office held a naming meeting to determine the name of the future train station. Station names such as Shushan, Shudiao, and South Shulin were considered before deciding on the name South Shulin Station.
References
- ↑ 交通部台灣鐵路管理局 (2008-12-11). "TRA WebSite - shulin". 交通部台灣鐵路管理局. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ↑ "South Shulin Station - Shulin - Train Station, Transportation Service | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ↑ Administration.MOC, Taiwan Railways (2008-12-11). "TRA WebSite - English". Taiwan Railways Administration.MOC. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
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