Daqing railway station

Daqing station (Chinese: 大慶車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Dàqìng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Dàcìng Chejhàn) is a railway and metro station located in South District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is served by the Taiwan Railways Administration and Taichung Metro. The metro station will open December 2020, and the two stations will be connected by bridge.[2]

Daqing

大慶
TRA railway station
LocationSouth, Taichung, Taiwan
Coordinates24°07′07.8″N 120°38′52.2″E
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)Taichung
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened7 July 1998
16 October 2016 (elevated)
Traffic
Passengers4,324 daily (2014)[1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station
Wuchuan
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Wuri
towards Pingtung
Daqing

大慶
Station under construction
Operated by
Line(s)
  •  G  Green Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station code115
History
OpenedDecember 2020 (2020-12)

Overview

The station began as a TRA at-grade local station. The TRA station was elevated on October 28, 2018 as part of the modernization process on the Taichung Line.[3] The metro portion of the station is also elevated, and the two will be connected by a bridge.

The station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.

Station layout
Side platform
← Taichung Line: towards Changhua, Kaohsiung (Wuri)
　 Taichung Line: towards Zhunan, Taipei (Wuchuan) →
Side platform
1F Lobby Station entrance, ticketing machine, information counter

Around the station

See also
  • List of railway stations in Taiwan

References
  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. "臺中捷運未來營運計畫" (PDF). Transportation Bureau of Taichung City (in Chinese). Taichung Metro. May 8, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  3. 張菁雅 (October 28, 2018). "台中鐵路高架化全線通車 蔡總統：台中交通發展邁入新紀元" (in Chinese). Liberty Times. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
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