Xizhi railway station

Xizhi (Chinese: 汐止; pinyin: Xìzhǐ) is a railway station in Xizhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Xizhi 汐止
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	汐止
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xìzhǐ Bopomofo ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ
General information
Location	1 Xinyi Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0680°N 121.6614°E / 25.0680; 121.6614
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	13.1 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	A06 (statistical)
Classification	Second class (Chinese: 二等)[2]
History
Opened	1891-10-20[3][4]
Rebuilt	2006-04-09[5]
Electrified	1978-01-09[6]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	7.207 million per year[7]  3.42%
Rank	15 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station Wudu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Xike towards Pingtung
Location
Xizhi Location within Taiwan

Overview

Xizhi Station platforms.

The station has two island platforms.

History

• 20 October 1891: The station opened as Tsui-tng-ka Pier (Chinese: 水返腳碼頭).
• 1920: (during Japanese rule) The name was changed to Shiodome Station (Japanese: 汐止駅, Hepburn: Shiodome-eki).
• 1945: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
• 9 April 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
• 1 August 2008: The station begins accepting EasyCard as payment for travel

Around the station

• Keelung River
• Xizhi District Office
• Xiufeng High School
• Xizhi Old Street
• Provincial Highway No. 5

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. 汐止發展史. Xizhi District Office (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
5. 汐止高架車站工程. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
6. 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
7. 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links

• TRA Xizhi Station(in Chinese)
• Taiwan Railways Administration(in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean)