Pingtung railway station

Pingtung

屏東
Pingtung; 屏東
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	屏東
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Píngdōng
Bopomofo	ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
Hakka
Romanization	Pǐn-dúng (Sixian dialect); Pin-dùng (Hailu dialect);
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Pîn-tong
General information
Location	62 Gongyong Rd; Pingtung City, Pingtung County; Taiwan
Coordinates	22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung
Connections	Local bus; Coach;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	P05 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Pingtung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened	24 December 1913; 110 years ago
Rebuilt	5 October 1962; 61 years ago; 23 August 2015; 8 years ago
Electrified	10 July 1996; 27 years ago
Previous names	Heitō (Japanese: 屏東)
Passengers
2017	7.387 million per year 1.95%
Rank	14 out of 228
Services
Location
	Pingtung Location within Taiwan

Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview[edit]

The station has two island platforms. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.

20 December 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東, "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
5 October 1962: Station rebuilt.
23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks.

1	1A	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Ershui
3	2A	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) ■ East Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung, Su'ao, Hualien
4	2B	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung

3F	Platform 1A	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 1B	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Platform 2A	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 2B	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
2F	Concourse	Turnstile, Waiting room, Shopping Center, Toilets, Railway Police Bureau
1F	Lobby	Entrance/Exit Ticket office, Ticket machine, Station Master, Tourism Bureau, Baggage room, Shopping Center, Toilets

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^ 車站介紹. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ 屏潮計畫. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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^ 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.