Chenggong railway station
Railway station in Wuri, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chenggong (Chinese: 成功車站; pinyin: Chénggōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on Taiwan Railway's Taichung line located in Wuri District, Taichung, Taiwan. The name is derived from the nearby Chenggongling military base.
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Chenggong Station 成功車站  | |||||||||||
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| Location | Wuri, Taichung, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°06′51.5″N 120°35′26.1″E | ||||||||||
| System | TR railway station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operator | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line | Taichung | ||||||||||
Train operators | Taiwan Railway | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 May 1905 | ||||||||||
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| 1,805 daily (2024) [1] | |||||||||||
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Train tickets from Zhuifen station to Chenggong station via the Chengzhui line are popular among students for having the double meaning of "success in getting a good grade" in Mandarin Chinese. If pronounced slightly differently, it could also mean "success in getting married."[2]
History
The station was opened on 15 May 1905.
Structure
| 1 | 1A | ■West Coast line (southward) | To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi |
| 2 | 1B | ■West Coast line (northward) | To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu |
| 3 | 2A | ■West Coast line (southbound trains pass) | To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi direction |
| ■West Coast line (northbound trains pass) | To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu | ||
| 4 | 2B | ■West Coast line (going northward, and passing through Chengzhui line to Coast line) |
To Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu |
| ■West Coast line (going southward, and passing through Chengzhui line to Coast line) |
To Taichung, Fengyuan, Houli |
Service
As a minor station, Chenggong Station is primarily serviced by local trains. A few times per day, a Chu-Kuang Express or Tzu-Chiang Limited Express service stops at the station.
