Fulong railway station
Railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan
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Fulong (Chinese: 福隆車站; pinyin: Fúlóng Chēzhàn) is a Taiwan Railway Yilan line station, located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Fulong Station 福隆車站  | |||||||||||
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| Location | Gongliao, New Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°00′57.4″N 121°56′41.5″E | ||||||||||
| System | Train station | ||||||||||
| Owner | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operator | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line | Yilan | ||||||||||
Train operators | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 November 1924 | ||||||||||
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| 2,174 daily (2024) [1] | |||||||||||
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Structure
- Two island platforms
Service
As of 2013, this is classified as a third-class station by TRA standards.[citation needed]
History
- Original station name was Washi (控子) in Japanese during construction, but the correct character is 挖子.
- On 30 November 1924, the station was opened under the name Okutei (澳底; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ò-té), which is a fishing port located 6 km north to this station.
- On 1 December 1952, the station name was changed to the current name.
- On 25 July 2005, reconstruction of the station's main structure was finished. This reconstruction was managed by the Northeast Coast National Scenic Area Administration, and sponsored by Taipower Company. The name board of the station is written in the imitation Song typeface, which is unique among TRA stations.
