Qidu railway station

Qidu (Chinese: 七堵; pinyin: Qīdǔ) is a railway station in Keelung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Qidu 七堵
TRA railway station
Station exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	七堵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīdǔ Bopomofo ㄑㄧ ㄉㄨˇ
General information
Location	2-1 Dongxin St Qidu District, Keelung Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0931°N 121.7140°E / 25.0931; 121.7140
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	6.0 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	A03 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[2]
History
Opened	20 October 1891[3][4]
Rebuilt	25 October 2013[5]
Key dates
1973-04	Rebuilt
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	4.333 million per year[6]  1.66%
Rank	30 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station Badu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Baifu towards Pingtung
Location
Qidu Location within Taiwan

History

The station was opened in 1891, during Qing rule. It serves the area of Qidu. It is now the origin station for most of the southbound trains on the West Coast line, after the new station was completed in 2007.

Around the station

• National Keelung Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School
• Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation headquarter office

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. "Archived copy" 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy" 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. 桃園縣縣定古蹟龜崙嶺鐵道橋遺構調查研究暨修復計畫. Department of Cultural Affairs (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
5. 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
6. "Archived copy" 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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