Pingtung railway station
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| Location | 62 Gongyong Rd Pingtung City, Pingtung County Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1913-12-24[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015-08-23[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1996-07-10[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962-10-05 | Rebuilt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 7.387 million per year[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 14 out of 228 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.
Overview
The station has two island platform. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.
History
- 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.
Platform layout
| 1 | 1 | ■ South-link line (southbound) | Toward Fangliao, Taitung |
| 2 | 2A | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Taipei |
| ■ South-link line (southbound through traffic) | Toward Fangliao, Taitung | ||
| 3 | 2B | ■ West Coast line (northbound through traffic) | Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Taipei |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) | Toward Kaohsiung, Tainan, Template:Tra | ||
| ■ South-link line (southbound departure) | Toward Fangliao, Taitung |
Around the station
- National Pingtung University of Education
- Pingtung Art Museum
- Pingtung County Government
- Pingtung County Council
- Pingtung Performing Arts Center
- Pingtung Tutorial Academy
- Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial
- Pingtung Night Market
- Tangrong Elementary School
- Zhongzheng Elementary School
- Bus transfer stations
See also
References
- ^ "各站營業里程-1.西部幹線". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "臺灣鐵路電訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "臺鐵統計資訊". Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
External links
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