Hsinchu railway station

Hsinchu (Chinese: 新竹; pinyin: Xīnzhú; Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²) is a railway station in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of the Neiwan line.

This article is about the TRA station. For the THSR station with the same name, see Hsinchu HSR station.
Hsinchu

新竹
TRA railway station
Exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese新竹
General information
Location445 Sec 2 Zhonghua Rd
East District, Hsinchu City[1]
Taiwan
Coordinates24.8016°N 120.9716°E / 24.8016; 120.9716[1]
Line(s)
  Western Trunk line
Distance106.4 km to Keelung[2]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
Station code
  • 115 (three-digit)[1]
  • 1025 (four-digit)[1]
  • A29 (statistical)[3]
ClassificationFirst class (Chinese: 一等)[4]
Websitewww.railway.gov.tw/Hsinchu/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened1893-11-30[5][6]
Rebuilt1913
Electrified1978-01-09[7]
Previous namesShinchiku (Japanese: 新竹)
Passengers
201715.020 million per year[3]  0.86%
Rank7 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station
North Hsinchu
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Sanxingqiao
towards Pingtung
Terminus Neiwan line North Hsinchu
towards Neiwan
Location
Hsinchu
Location within Taiwan

Structure

There are two island platforms and one side platform, as well as the historic fourth-generation European-style station building which opened in 1913, during Japanese rule.

Sister station

Formally concluded as a sister station with Tokyo Station[8] on February 12, 2015

  • Speech representative [9]

Roundhouse

Garages used in railway locomotives are generally large circular or semi-circular structures and surround the transfer disk or beside the transfer disk.

Steam train classic photo

Launch at the same time. DT595.CT192.DT673, only in Hsinchu railway station .

  • This scene is only to be remembered.

Service

Except Tzu-Chiang Limited Express southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some Taroko Expresses, all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan. Neiwan line trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the THSR Hsinchu Station is available through Liujia line (which branches off from the Neiwan line's Zhuzhong Station).

Around the station

Sister stations

Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreements with Grand Central Terminal in USA since August 2013 and with Tokyo Station in Japan since February 2015.[10]

See also

References
  1. "車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "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)
  3. "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)
  4. "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)
  5. 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 4 September 2018.
  6. "Archived copy" 車站歷史. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy" 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPrCksc364
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGE9VtkGRG0
  10. "Tokyo Station to get a sister station in Taiwan". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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