Kaohsiung Station

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Kaohsiung
高雄
File:TRA KaoHsiung Rear Station.JPG
Kaohsiung Railway station
Other names Kaohsiung Main Station (MRT)
Location Jianguo 2nd Road, No. 318
Sanmin, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
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Distance 399.8 km from Keelung
Connections Bus stop
Construction
Structure type Temporary Station: At-Grade/Underground
(Underground station under construction)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Classification 特等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened TRA: June 22, 1941 (original)
March 28, 2002 (temporary)
MRT: March 9, 2008
Traffic
Passengers <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • 41,505 daily (2014)[1] (TRA)
  • 26,456 daily (Jan. 2011)[2] (MRT)
Kaohsiung Station
Traditional Chinese 高雄車站
Simplified Chinese 高雄车站

Kaohsiung Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng Chēzhàn) is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line. There is a plan to extend Taiwan High Speed Rail from Zuoying to this station.

Overview

TRA Station

The temporary TRA station (opened March 28, 2002) is a three-level aboveground station connected by elevated walkways between train platforms. It is divided into front and back stations. At ground level, there are four island platforms and twelve tracks (previously thirteen tracks). Eight of the tracks are aligned with platforms.

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Numbering starts on the left (south side).

Kaohsiung MRT Station

File:KMRT Kaohsiung Station 01.jpg
Kaohsiung MRT Station Entrance.
Kaohsiung Old Station Building.
File:Takao Station in Taiwan.JPG
Takau Station platform in April 1941.

The Kaohsiung MRT station is a two-level, underground station with one exit.[3] It is located at Jianguo 2nd Road.

The entire station is currently undergoing construction as part of a project to move all rail lines through Kaohsiung underground. Though the station is functional, many areas are not operating at full capacity. Kaohsiung Main Station's platform only allows for three-car configurations while all other stations on the Red Line have platforms that can accommodate six-car configurations. Construction is expected to be completed in December 2017.

Layout

G Street level Entrance/Exit
B1 Concourse Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
Restrooms (Near Exits 3)
B2 Platform 1 ← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Formosa Boulevard)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 → KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Houyi) →

History

TRA Station

  • 1900: Takau (打狗) station opened with the opening of Tainan-Takau line where there is Kaohsiung Harbor Station today.
  • 1907: Hōzan (鳳山) branch (extended to today's Pingtung Line) opened.
  • 1920: Takau Station was renamed to Takao (高雄) Station.
  • 1933: Construction of new station on Hōzan branch started.
  • June 22, 1941: Takao Station (new) opened and old Takao Station was renamed to Takao Harbor Station.

KMRT Station

Nearby stations

File:Railways at Kaohsiung EN.jpg
Old railway map of Kaohsiung
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)
Western Line
Pingtung Line
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Red Line

Around the station

See also

External links

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
 Western Line
Taiwan Trunk Line
 Terminus
Terminus Pingtung Line
toward Fangliao
Preceding station   Kaohsiung MRT   Following station
Red Line
toward Siaogang

References

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