Ciaotou Station

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Ciaotou Station
(Qiaotou Station)
橋頭車站
TRA CiaoTou Station.jpg
TRA Qiaotou Station
Location
City Kaohsiung
District(s) Qiaotou
Info
Type Elevated/At-Grade
Platforms 2 island platforms
1 side platform
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
History
Opened TRA: May 15, 1901
MRT: March 9, 2008
Rail services
Line(s) Red Line (R23)
Western Line (181)
Daily Ridership MRT: 6,490 (Jan. 2011)[1]
Operator(s) Taiwan Railway Administration
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level 三等
Zhuyin Code ㄑㄠ
Mileage
(from Keelung)
382.0 km
Aiga bus inv.svg There is a bus stop near this station.
Ciaotou Station
Traditional Chinese 橋頭車站
Simplified Chinese 桥头车站

Ciaotou Station or Qiaotou Station (橋頭車站) is a railway station located at Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.

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[edit] Station Overview

Kaohsiung MRT train at the platform.

This three-level station is serves the TRA and Kaohsiung MRT. TRA services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an island platform.[2] It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.

[edit] Station Layout

3F Platform 1 KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
25pxIsland platform, Door open on the left
Platform 2 KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
2F
Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near Exit 2)
Street Level Entrance/Exit Entrance/Exit
Side Platform
Platform 1   TRA Western Line toward Taichung, Taipei (Gangshan)
Platform 2A TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)
Island Platform
Platform 2B TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)

[edit] Exits

  • Exit 1: Ciaotou Sugar Refinery (West Exit) Accessibility-directory.svg
  • Exit 2: TRA Qiaotou Station (East Exit) Accessibility-directory.svg

[edit] History

[edit] TRA Station

  • May 15, 1901 : Opened for service.

[edit] KMRT Station

  • March 9, 2008 : Red Line between Ciaotou and Siaogang opened.

[edit] Around the Station

  • Qiaotou Township Office
  • Taiwan Sugar Kaohsiung Factory
  • Qiaotou Junior High School
    • Qiaotou Junior High School Swimming Pool
  • Qiaotou Elementary School
  • Qiaotou Old Street
  • Station Front Retail Building
  • Hongren Hospital
  • Taiwan Power Company Service Office

[edit] Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
Western Line
toward Kaohsiung
Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Terminus Red Line
toward Siaogang

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. http://mtbu.kcg.gov.tw/html/info/statistics_month.php. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
  2. ^ "橋頭火車站". 高雄捷運公司. http://www.krtco.com.tw/service/service-1_1-R23.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 

Coordinates: 22°45′38″N 120°18′38″E / 22.76056°N 120.31056°E / 22.76056; 120.31056


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