Xinying railway station

Xinying Station (Chinese: 新營車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnyíng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyíng Chejhàn), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

Xinying

新營
Taiwan Railway
General information
LocationZhongshan Rd., No. 1
Xinying, Tainan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance314.7 km from Keelung
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt-Grade
Other information
Classification一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened16 December 1901
Rebuilt1976
Previous names新營庄停車場, 新營驛
Key dates
1934Station rebuilt
1964Station rebuilt
Passengers
9,389 daily (2023) [1]

Overview

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Preserved Taiwan Sugar Railways station building

The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.

History

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  • 16 December 1901: The station opened for service as Shin'ei Village Station (Japanese: 新營庄停車場).
  • 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
  • 1 June 1920: The station name was changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
  • 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
  • 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
  • 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
  • 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
  • 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
  • 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

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1 1A West Coast line (northbound) Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
Eastern line (Cross-line southbound) Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien
2 1B West Coast line (southbound) Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
West Coast line (northbound, through track) Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
South-link line (southbound) Toward Taitung
3 2A West Coast line (southbound, through track) Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
West Coast line (northbound, originating) Toward Chiayi
4 2B Not In Use Not in use

Around the station

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  • Xinying Cultural Center
  • Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
  • Xinying District Office
  • Xinying Sugar Factory
  • Xinying High School
  • Nanguang High School
  • Xingguo High School
  • Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School

See also

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References

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  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.
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Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Following station
Houbi
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Liuying
towards Pingtung

23°18′23.3″N 120°19′23.3″E / 23.306472°N 120.323139°E / 23.306472; 120.323139