Gangshan station

Gangshan 岡山
TRA Gangshan Station
General information
Location	Gangshan, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Template:KMRT lines (RK1)   West Coast line (180)
Distance	378.4 km from Keelung
Platforms	2 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	TRA: 15 December 1900 (original) 29 October 1993 (present building) KMRT: 2020 (expected opening)
Passengers
5,963 daily (2014)

Gangshan station
Chinese	岡山車站
Simplified Chinese	冈山车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāngshān Chēzhàn Bopomofo ㄍㄤ ㄕㄢ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Kang1shan1ch'ê1chan4

Gangshan (Chinese: 岡山車站; pinyin: Gāngshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as Agongdian Station (阿公店停車場), and was renamed as Okayama Station (岡山駅) in 1920. In November 1923, a second, wooden station building was opened to replace the original 1900 station. The current station building was opened on 29 October 1993, and the 1923 wooden station building burned down on 3 November 1995. Contactless smartcard fare gates were installed at this station on 30 September 2013.

The KMRT Template:KMRT lines is expected to be extended northwards to Gangshan Station by 2020.

Around the station

• Gangshan Water Tower
• Kaohsiung Museum of Shadow Puppet
• Provincial Highway 1
• Republic of China Air Force Academy

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

Preceding station	Taiwan Railway			Following station
Luzhu towards Keelung		Western Trunk line		Qiaotou towards Pingtung