Zhunan railway station
Railway station in Miaoli, Taiwan
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Zhunan (Chinese: 竹南; pinyin: Zhúnán) is a railway station in Miaoli County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railway. It lies at the northern junction of the Mountain and Coast lines of the West Coast line.
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| Traditional Chinese | 竹南 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 166 Zhongshan Rd, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24.6865°N 120.8807°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | Taiwan Railway railway station | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 125.4 km to Keelung[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground level | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | A32 (statistical) | |||||||||||||||
| Classification | First class (Chinese: 一等)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 August 1902[3][4] | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 15 August 2009[4] | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 24 February 1978[5] | |||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 5.840 million per year[6]  1.78% | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 23 out of 228 | |||||||||||||||
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Overview
The station has three island platforms. Although it is a first-class station, the Taroko Express, a variant of the Tzu-Chiang Limited Express which passes through the Taichung line (Mountain line), does not stop at this station.
History
- 1902-08-10: The station first opens for service as Chūkō-eki (Japanese: 中港驛).[4] It was a wooden station building.
- 1903-05-25: The section to Byōritsu opens for service.
- 1920-10-01: The station name is changed to "Chikunan Station".
- Due to its location on the Coastal line, the station is upgraded to a first-class station.
- 1931-03-01: The section between Taipei and Chikunan becomes double-tracked.
- 1935-11-06: Due to the earthquake on 1935-04-24, the station is reconstructed as a concrete building.
- 1943-04: The new southern station building is constructed.
- 1949-09: The new northern station building is constructed.
- 1995-05-22: As part of the double-tracking construction for the Mountain line, the station structure is demolished.
- 1997-01-01: The new station opens for service.
- 2001: The southern station building is demolished and relocated to Jiji.
- 2007-11: The northern part of the new station is completed.
- 2009-01: The southern part of the new station is completed.
- 2009-08-15: The entire station is completed and begins service.[4]
- 2011-02-26: Due to the celebration of the Taiwan Lantern Festival, the station sets a single-day record of 160,000 passengers.
Station layout
| Platform 1A | ← (Tanwen) Coastal line Southbound (originating) toward Shalu, Dajia | |
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| Platform 1B | Passing track toward Taipei, Taitung (Qiding)→ | |
| Platform 2A | ← (Zaoqiao) Mountain line toward Miaoli, Kaohsiung | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 2B | ← (Tanwen) Coastal line toward Houlong, Pingtung | |
| Platform 3A | Northbound track toward Keelung, Hsinchu (Qiding)→ | |
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| Platform 3B | ←(Zaoqiao) Mountain line southbound toward Taichung, Changhua | |
