Tainan Station
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Tainan Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration
(TRA) Western Line located in the East District, Tainan City
, Taiwan
. Situated in center of the old town square of Tainan City, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan.
The Shalun Line
, completed in 2011, allows through services to link the station with THSR
Tainan Station
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and one side platform
. The current station structure opened on March 15, 1936, which included a hotel on the second floor (the only station of its kind in Taiwan). The hotel closed in 1965, and the restaurant was closed in 1986.
Construction is ongoing on a plan to move the tracks and station underground by 2017.
Taiwan Railway Administration
The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...
(TRA) Western Line located in the East District, Tainan City
Tainan
Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. Situated in center of the old town square of Tainan City, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan.
The Shalun Line
Shalun Line
The Shalun Line is a branch line of the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line in Tainan City, Taiwan. It was built to link the Western Line to the Taiwan High Speed Rail Tainan Station, speeding up transit times between downtown Tainan and the THSR station, with services running from Nanke...
, completed in 2011, allows through services to link the station with THSR
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail is a high-speed rail line that runs approximately along the west coast of the Republic of China from the national capital of Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung...
Tainan Station
THSR Tainan Station
THSR Tainan Station is a Taiwan High Speed Rail station located in Guiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. In addition to busing ,passengers can arrive downtown or Southern Taiwan Science Park by Shalun Station closed to the station .-Overview:The station is an elevated structure with two side...
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Overview
The station has one island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
and one side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
. The current station structure opened on March 15, 1936, which included a hotel on the second floor (the only station of its kind in Taiwan). The hotel closed in 1965, and the restaurant was closed in 1986.
Construction is ongoing on a plan to move the tracks and station underground by 2017.
History
- May 15, 1900: Construction on the station was completed.
- November 29, 1900: The section from Tainan to Dagou (modern-day Kaohsiung Port) opens for service.
- 1905: Slight expansion of the station.
- 1927: Due to double track construction from Tainan to Kaohsiung and inadequacy of the station, the station was demolished. Construction began on the second-generation station the same year.
- March 15, 1936: The current (second-generation) station is completed, taking a total of two years seven months to complete. A hotel was opened on the second floor of the station.
- June 6, 1954: The Taiwan Sugar RailwaysTaiwan Sugar RailwaysThe Taiwan Sugar Railways were an extensive series of gauge narrow gauge railways concentrated mostly in southern and central Taiwan which were originally built to haul sugarcane from the fields to the sugar mills, but also capable of providing limited passenger service.-Operations:Typically,...
Guanmiao Line (關廟線) is extended to south of Tainan Station. - May 20, 1969: The Guanmiao Line was demolished.
- June 1977: The station back area was constructed, facilitating transport for East District residents and local schools.
- December 18, 1998: The Ministry of the InteriorMinistry of the Interior (Republic of China)The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China is a cabinet level executive yuan agency responsible for home affairs and security throughout the Free Area of the Republic of China...
designates the station a historical site. (The government of Taiwan ProvinceTaiwan ProvinceTaiwan Province is one of the two administrative divisions referred to as provinces and is controlled by the Republic of China . The province covers approximately 73% of the territory controlled by the Republic of China...
had previously declared it a historical site.) - July 1, 1999: Station operation is transferred from the provincial railway bureau to the Ministry of Transportation and CommunicationsMinistry of Transportation and Communications (Republic of China)The Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China is a cabinet-level governmental body of the Executive Yuan. It is in charge of all policy and regulation of transportation and communications networks and administration of all transportation and communications operations...
. - April 26, 2007: The plan to move railroad tracks underground in Tainan is set. The station is planned to be moved entirely underground.
- August 10, 2009: Under the plan to move the station underground, construction begins. It is expected to last for over seven years and be completed by 2017.
Platform layout
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| 2 | 2A | ■ Western Line (Southbound) | Toward Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Station Kaohsiung Station 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... , Pingtung Pingtung Station Pingtung Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.-Overview:... |
| ■ South-Link Line (Southbound) | Toward Fangliao Fangliao Station Fangliao Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line and South-Link Line located in Fangliao Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.-History:... , Taitung Taitung Station The Taitung Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Hwa-tung Line, South-Link Line located at Taitung City, Taiwan.- Nearby stations :- External links :**... |
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| 3 | 2B | ■ Western Line (Southbound departure, through traffic) | Toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ Western Line (Northbound departure, through traffic) | Toward Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung, Taipei | ||
Around the station
Station front
- Department of HealthDepartment of Health (Republic of China)Department of Health of the Republic of China is an executive agency of the Executive Yuan responsible for the administration of the public health system, affordable and universal health care, hospitals, pharmaceutical, immunisation programmes, disease prevention, supervision and coordination of...
Tainan Hospital - China Daily News Headquarters
- Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store (Tainan Zhongshan Store)
- Focus Department Store
- North Gate Shopping Circle
- Taiwan High Court, Tainan Branch
- National Tainan Second Senior High SchoolNational Tainan Second Senior High SchoolNational Tainan Second Senior High School , located in the North District of Tainan City, was established in May, 1914, during the period of Japanese colonial control and it was the first senior high school in middle and southern Taiwan. The school is one of the most prestigious high schools in...
Station back
- National Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung University is a national university in Tainan City, Taiwan. Its abbreviation is NCKU. In Chinese, its name is shortened to 成大...
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital
- National Tainan First Senior High SchoolNational Tainan First Senior High SchoolNational Tainan First Senior High School is a public senior high school in Tainan City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1922. It is often considered one of the most prestigious high schools in Taiwan, usually only accepting students who rank in the top 3 percentile of the Taiwan Basic...
- Far Eastern Department Store
- Far Eastern International Hotel Tainan
External links
- Tainan Station (Chinese)
- Tainan Station (English)