Fulong railway station

Fulong Station 福隆車站
Train station
General information
Location	Gongliao, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	25°00′57.4″N 121°56′41.5″E
Owned by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Yilan
Train operators	Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened	30 November 1924
Passengers
2,879 daily (2014)
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Gongliao towards Badu Eastern Trunk line Shicheng towards Taitung

TRA Fulong Station. In this photograph, people are joining Hohaiyan Rock Festival in 2006.

Fulong (Chinese: 福隆車站; pinyin: Fúlóng Chēzhàn) is a Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line station, located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Structure

• Two island platforms

Service

• Currently, (2013) the station is classified as a third-class station by TRA standards.

History

• Original station name was Washi (控子) in Japanese during construction, but the correct character is 挖子.
• On 30 November 1924, the station was opened under the name Okutei (澳底; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ò-té), which is a fishing port located 6 km north to this station.
• On 1 December 1952, the station name was changed into the current name.
• On 25 July 2005, reconstruction of the station's main structure was finished. This reconstruction was managed by the Northeast Coast National Scenic Area Administration, and sponsored by Taipower Company. The name board of the station is written in the imitation Song typeface, which is unique among TRA stations.

Nearby landmarks

• Fulong Beach
• Northeast Coast National Scenic Area
• Longmen Nuclear Power Plant
• Old Caoling Tunnel

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan