Xinying Station

Xinying Station 新營車站
Xinying Station front
Location
Municipality	Tainan
District(s)	Xinying
Address	Zhongshan Rd., No. 1
Info
Type	At-Grade
History
Opened	December 16, 1901
Former name	新營庄停車場, 新營驛
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Western Line (167/A69)
Daily Ridership	10,225 (2010)
Operator(s)	Taiwan Railway Administration
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level	First-tier (一等)
Zhuyin Code	ㄒㄥ
Mileage (from Keelung)	314.7 km
There is a bus stop near this station.

Xinying Station (新營車站), also Sinying Station, is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line located in Xinying District, Tainan, Taiwan.

Overview

The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.

History

• December　16, 1901: The station opened for service as Shin'ei Village Parking Station (新營庄停車場).
• June 1, 1920: The station name was changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
• 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
• June 1, 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
• 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
• 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
• June 1, 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

1	1A	■ Western Line (Northbound)	Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
		■ Eastern Line (Cross-line Southbound)	Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien
2	1B	■ Western Line (Southbound)	Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
		■ Western Line (Northbound, through track)	Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
		■ South-Link Line (Southbound)	Toward Taitung
3	2A	■ Western Line (Southbound, through track)	Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
		■ Western Line (Northbound, originating)	Toward Chiayi
4	2B	■ Not In Use	Not in use

Around the station

The old Taiwan Sugar Xinying Station building

• Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
• Xinying District Office
• Xinying Sugar Factory
• Xinying High School
• Nanguang High School
• Xingguo High School
• Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School

References

Preceding station		Taiwan Railway Administration		Following station
Houbi toward Keelung		Western Line		Liuying toward Kaohsiung

External links

• TRA Sinying Station (Chinese (Taiwan))
• TRA Sinying Station (English)