Xinying Railway Station
Xinying Station (Chinese: 新營車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnyíng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyíng Chejhàn), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.
Preserved Taiwan Sugar Railways station building
Overview
The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.
History
- 16 December 1901: The station opened for service as Shin'ei Village Station (Japanese: 新營庄停車場).
- 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
- 1 June 1920: The station name was changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
- 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
- 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
- 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
- 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
- 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
- 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
Platform layout
| 1 | 1A | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung |
| ■ Eastern line (Cross-line southbound) | Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien | ||
| 2 | 1B | ■ West Coast line (southbound) | Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound, through track) | Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung | ||
| ■ South-link line (southbound) | Toward Taitung | ||
| 3 | 2A | ■ West Coast line (southbound, through track) | Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound, originating) | Toward Chiayi | ||
| 4 | 2B | ■ Not In Use | Not in use |
Around the station
- Xinying Cultural Center
- Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
- Xinying District Office
- Xinying Sugar Factory
- Xinying High School
- Nanguang High School
- Xingguo High School
- Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to TRC Xinying Station.
- TRA Sinying Station (in Chinese)
- TRA Sinying Station (in English)
| Preceding station |  Taiwan Railway
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Following station | ||
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| Houbi towards Keelung
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Western Trunk line | Liuying towards Pingtung
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