Fulong railway station
Appearance
Train station | |
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General information | |
Location | Gongliao, New Taipei, Taiwan |
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)[1] |
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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.[citation needed]
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 (The place where the Hohaiyan Rock Festival was held over the years.)
- Northeast Coast National Scenic Area
- Longmen Nuclear Power Plant
- Fulong mealbox
- Aodi
- Northern Seaside Highway
See also
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Following station | ||
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Shicheng towards Badu
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Eastern Trunk line | Gongliao towards Taitung
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25°00′57.4″N 121°56′41.5″E / 25.015944°N 121.944861°E
- ^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.