Puxin railway station

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Coordinates: 25°00′15″N 121°26′41″E / 25.004203°N 121.444693°E / 25.004203; 121.444693

Puxin

埔心
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA Pusin Station.jpg
Location208-1 Yongmei Rd.
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
  •   West Coast line (109)
Distance73.1 km from Keelung
Platforms2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened10 April 1900 (1900-04-10)[1]
Passengers
10,457 daily (2014)[2]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Zhongli
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Yangmei
towards Pingtung

Puxin station (traditional Chinese: 埔心車站; simplified Chinese: 埔心车站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[3]

History[]

The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.[1] It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station[]

See also[]

  • List of railway stations in Taiwan

References[]

  1. ^ a b 蘇昭旭. 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese). 人人出版. p. 45. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
  2. ^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


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