Puxin railway station
25°00′15″N 121°26′41″E / 25.004203°N 121.444693°E
Puxin 埔心 Taoyuan Taiwan | |||||||||||
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| Distance | 73.1 km from Keelung | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 Island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 April 1900[1] | ||||||||||
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| 10,457 daily (2014)[2] | |||||||||||
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Puxin station (
History
The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.[1] It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.
Around the station
- Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry (2500 meters northwest of the station)
- Puxin Night Market (next to the station)
- Puxin Ranch (1300 meters northwest of the station)
See also
- List of railway stations in Taiwan
References
- ^ ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
- ^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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