Xike railway station

Xike (Chinese: 汐科; pinyin: Xīkē) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Located near Xizhi's technology park, it is experiences heavy traffic during the morning and early evening rush hours.

Xike 汐科
TRA railway station
Exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	汐科
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xìke Bopomofo ㄒㄧˋ ㄎㄜ
General information
Location	182 Sec 2 Datong Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0627°N 121.6466°E / 25.0627; 121.6466
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	14.6 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	A064 (statistical)
Classification	Simple (Chinese: 簡易)[2]
History
Opened	2007-12-30[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	6.212 million per year[4]  8.04%
Rank	20 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station Xizhi towards Keelung Western Trunk line Nangang towards Pingtung
Location
Xike Location within Taiwan

Construction

Construction started in June 2005 and finished on schedule in December 2007.[5] During planning the names South Xizhi Station (南汐止站) and Xizhi Technology Park (汐科園區站) were mooted, but eventually the name Xike Station (汐科站) was chosen.

Usage

Media reports have highlighted Xike Station as part of the "MRT-ization" plan for Taiwan's urban railways, offering convenient transport for commuters, spurring new residential construction, and raising property prices in the vicinity of the station.[6] This station only stops Local Trains.

Future expansion

The planned Minsheng-Xizhi line of the Taipei MRT system would see Xike Station transformed into a TRA and MRT interchange station.[7]

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. 汐止高架車站工程. Railway Reconstruction Bureau (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
4. 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
5. Xizhi – Xike Station (in Chinese), New Taipei City government, archived from the original on 3 December 2012
6. 「台鐵捷運化」 房仲看好汐科站房市後市, Independence Evening Post (in Chinese)
7. 民生汐止線路線說明 (in Chinese), Department of Rapid Transit Systems

External links

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