Gangshan station

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

Gangshan

岡山
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
	4,850 daily (2023)

22°47′33″N 120°18′01″E / 22.792433°N 120.300281°E / 22.792433; 120.300281

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.^[2]

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

References

^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
^ http://train.qmap.tw/1227106529

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

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[traridership-1] Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.

[2] ttp://train.qmap.tw/1227106529

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History

Around the station

See also

References