Taitung railway station

Taitung (Chinese: 台東車站; pinyin: Táidōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of Taiwan Railways Administration. It lies at the junction of the Hualien-Taitung line and the South-link line in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan.

Taitung

台東
Taiwan Railways Administration
General information
Location598 Ln 101 Yanwan Rd
Taitung City, Taitung
Taiwan
Coordinates22°47′36″N 121°07′23″E
Line(s)
Distance151.9 km from Hualien
98.2 km from Fangliao
Construction
Structure typeSurface
Other information
Station code004
Classification一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened1982-06-27
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Shanli
towards Badu
Eastern Trunk line Terminus
Kangle
towards Pingtung
South-link line

History

During the construction work of the back part of Taitung Station in 1980, a historic settlement area was discovered when graveyard containing several thousand slate coffins was unearthed, with some bodies still laid within. Around 20,000 pieces of jade, pottery and stone tools were also found. This had caught the attention of the government to carry out archaeological work and build a national museum to preserve the artifacts. The area officially opened in 1997 as the Beinan Cultural Park.[1]

Structure

Taitung station platform

There are three island platforms. The station also features solar panels installed on 12 buildings within its parameters which covers an area of 8,652 m2 and an installed generation capacity of 1.51 MW.[2]

Service

Year Ridership
1998 1,760
1999 1,868
2000 2,447
2001 2,897
2002 3,266
2003 2,915
2004 3,223
2005 3,435
2006 3,475
2007 3,483
2008 3,597
2009 3,060
2010 3,595
2011 3,738
2012 4,002
2013 4,258
2014 4,956
2015 5,283
2016 5,253

Around the station

See also

References

  1. "Special Interests > Rail Tour > Three-day Tour of Hualien and Taitung > Beinan Cultural Park >". Eng.taiwan.net.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. Shan, Shelley (16 August 2022). "Taitung Railway Station first in solar energy revenue". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.