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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gangshan Station

22°47′33″N 120°18′01″E / 22.792433°N 120.300281°E / 22.792433; 120.300281

Gangshan

岡山
Taiwan Railway
Gangshan metro station
General information
LocationGangshan, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance378.4 km from Keelung
Platforms2 island platform
ConnectionsBus stop
Construction
Structure typeSurface
AccessibleYes
Other information
Classification一等站 (Taiwan Railway level)
History
OpenedTRA: 15 December 1900 (original)
29 October 1993 (present building)
KMRT: 30 June 2024
Passengers
4,850 daily (2023)
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Luzhu
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Qiaotou
towards Pingtung
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station
Terminus Red line Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital
towards Siaogang
Gangshan station
Chinese岡山車站
Simplified Chinese冈山车站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāngshān Chēzhàn
Bopomofoㄍㄤ ㄕㄢ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ
Wade–GilesKangshanch'êchan

Gangshan (Chinese: 岡山車站; pinyin: Gāngshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station and metro station on the Taiwan Railway West Coast line and Kaohsiung Metro Red line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened on 15 December 1900 as Agongdian Station (阿公店停車場), and was renamed as Okayama Station (岡山駅) in 1920. In November 1923, a second, wooden station building was opened to replace the original 1900 station. The current station building was opened on 29 October 1993, and the 1923 wooden station building burned down on 3 November 1995. Contactless smartcard fare gates were installed at this station on 30 September 2013.

The Kaohsiung Metro Red line extension which directly link to train station has been operated in 30 June 2024.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ "岡山火車站地圖".
  3. ^ "MRT expansion - Taipei Times". July 2024.