Puxin railway station
Puxin 埔心  | |||||||||||
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| Location | 208-1 Yongmei Rd. Yangmei, Taoyuan Taiwan | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 73.1 km from Keelung | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 Island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 April 1900[1] | ||||||||||
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| 10,457 daily (2014)[2] | |||||||||||
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Puxin station (traditional Chinese: 埔心車站; simplified Chinese: 埔心车站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[3]
History
The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.[1] It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.
Around the station
- Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry (2500 meters northwest of the station)
- Puxin Night Market (next to the station)
- Puxin Ranch (1300 meters northwest of the station)
See also
References
- 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 45. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
- "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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