THSR Taoyuan Station
THSR Taoyuan Station Front | |
Location |
No. 6, Sec. 1, Gaotie N. Rd.[1] Zhongli, Taoyuan Taiwan |
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Connections | Bus stop |
Construction | |
Structure type | Underground |
History | |
Opened | 10 November 2006 |
Traffic | |
Passengers | 29,726 daily (2016)[2] |
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Traditional Chinese | 高鐵桃園站 | ||||||||||
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THSR Taoyuan Station (Chinese: 高鐵桃園站) is an underground station of the Taiwan High Speed Rail located in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It is also known as Qingpu Station (Chinese: 青埔車站).[3][4]
Taoyuan HSR Station [5] is an elevated station of Taoyuan Airport MRT (A18), which fully operational March 2, 2017.
History
On November 10, 2006, the station opened for service. On January 5, 2007, the segment from the Banqiao Station to Xinzuoying Station opened for service and trains begin stopping at the station.
The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation signed contracts with China Airlines for preferential services at this station for the airlines' outbound passengers.[6]
The station is connected to the Taoyuan Airport MRT which began servicing to the station on March 2, 2017, connecting the station to the now completed Taoyuan MRT network.
Station layout
The underground station has two side platforms. Twenty-two hectares around the station are reserved for commercial and industrial development, with the goal of developing the area into an international commercial city.[7]
Street Level | Lobby | Entrance/Exit, ticketing, automatic ticket machines, restrooms, information desk Tourism counter, retail stores Parking lot, transfers, taxi stand, drop-off area CI (along with CA, MU, CZ, SC, FM, HU and ZH) check-in counters |
B1 | Concourse | Waiting area, nursery, retail stores |
B2 | ||
Platform 1 | THSR toward Zuoying (Hsinchu) | |
Platform 2 | THSR toward Taipei (Banqiao) | |
Around the station
- Ching Yun University
- Vanung University
- Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport: frequent buses link the airport and the station.
- National Highway No. 2 Dazhu Interchange
- Metro Walk Mall
- Liqingpu Elementary School
- Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium
- GLORIA OUTLETS (Constructing)
Preceding station | Taiwan High Speed Rail | Following station | ||
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toward Nangang | Taiwan High Speed Rail | toward Zuoying |
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Taoyuan Metro | ||||
toward Taipei Main Station | Taoyuan Airport MRT Commuter services | toward Huanbei |
References
- ↑ "Destinations". Taiwan High Speed Rail. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ↑ "Table 2-9 Passenger Traffic of High-Speed Rail Stations". Ministry of Transportation and Communications. January 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ↑ "Taoyuan Airport to allow check-ins at HSR station". The China Post. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ "Ministry takes over rail project". Taipei Times. 2003-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ↑ Station sign
- ↑ "High Speed Rail Sees Passenger Number Hit Record High of Over 3 Million in Feb.". China Economics News Service. 2010-03-08. Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ "Foreign companies interested in developing railway station area". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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