Puxin Station

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

Puxin Station
Location 208-1 Yongmei Rd.
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 73.1 km from Keelung
Platforms 2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened April 10, 1900 (original)
January 31, 1986 (present building)
Traffic
Passengers 10,457 daily (2014)[1]
Services
Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
toward Keelung
Western Line
toward Kaohsiung

Puxin Station (Chinese: 埔心車站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) (formerly transliterated as Puhsin Station until 2003 and Pusin Station from 2003 until 2009) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Western Line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[2]

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 in 1955. The station terminal was rebuilt in 1986. It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on May 5, 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to TRA Pusin Station.

References

  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. "Puxin Railway Station - Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
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