South Shulin railway station

South Shulin (Chinese: 南樹林車站; pinyin: Nán Shùlín Chēzhàn) is a station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Shulin District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[1][2] South Shulin Station is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Dongxing Street.

South Shulin Station

南樹林車站
LocationShulin, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates24.9804°N 121.4089°E / 24.9804; 121.4089
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)     West Coast
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened23 December 2015
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station
Shulin
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Shanjia
towards Pingtung

Name

Representatives of the Shulin District office surveyed 1078 citizens to gather public opinion on a favorable station name. Results of the survey are as follows: South Shulin (42.5%), Dongxing (30.5%). The remaining names include: Shijin Shouji (0.4%), Dongshan (0.3%), Xia Shanjia (0.2%), Shulin Dispatch Station (0.1%), Shujia (0.1%), Xinxing (0.1%), Shuxing (0.1%), New Shulin (0.1%).

Before the opening of the station, the area in which the station is currently located was called "Shulin Train Yard and Simple Train Stop." On 3/25/2015, the Shulin District Office held a naming meeting to determine the name of the future train station. Station names such as Shushan, Shudiao, and South Shulin were considered before deciding on the name South Shulin Station.

History

Shulin Station was built as a commuter station[3] and is the third station in New Taipei City's Shulin District after Shulin Station and Shanjia Station.[4]

  • 12/4/2007: Groundbreaking ceremony
  • 2/2009: Construction began, budget NTD 125 million
  • 8/2015: Construction completed
  • 12/23/2015: Station opened

Station structure

Platform A: Taiwan Railway main line toward Taoyuan, Hsinchu (Shanjia Station)

Platform B: Taiwan Railway main line toward Taipei, Keelung/Su'ao (Shulin Station)

Service
  • Service only to local trains
  • Management of this station falls under the supervision of Shulin Station.
  • This station accepts EasyCard, iPASS, and other similar contactless smartcards as payments.

Around the station
  • Sijihong Community
  • Shulin Marshalling Yard
  • YouBike Station
    • South Shulin Station

References
  1. 交通部台灣鐵路管理局 (2008-12-11). "TRA WebSite - shulin". 交通部台灣鐵路管理局. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. "South Shulin Station - Shulin - Train Station, Transportation Service | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  3. Administration.MOC, Taiwan Railways (2008-12-11). "TRA WebSite - English". Taiwan Railways Administration.MOC. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  4. Liao, George (2 April 2017). "Taiwan Railways Administration showcases its 16 most attractive train stations in light boxes". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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