Zhunan Railway Station
Zhunan (Chinese: 竹南; pinyin: Zhúnán) is a railway station in Miaoli County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. It lies at the northern junction of the Mountain and Coast lines of the West Coast line.
Former Zhunan Station building
Overview
The station has three island platforms. Although it is a first-class station, the Taroko Express, a variant of the Tzu-Chiang Limited Express which passes through the Taichung line (Mountain line), does not stop at this station.
History
- 1902-08-10: The station first opened for service as Chūkō-eki (Japanese: 中港驛). It was a wooden station building.
- 1903-05-25: The section to Byōritsu opened for service.
- 1920-10-01: The station name was changed to "Chikunan Station".
- Due to its location on the Coastal line, the station was upgraded to a first-class station.
- 1931-03-01: The section between Taipei and Chikunan becomes double-tracked.
- 1935-11-06: Due to the earthquake on 1935-04-24, the station is reconstructed as a concrete building.
- 1943-04: The new southern station building is constructed.
- 1949-09: The new northern station building is constructed.
- 1995-05-22: As part of the double-tracking construction for the Mountain line, the station structure is demolished.
- 1997-01-01: The new station opens for service.
- 2001: The southern station building is demolished and relocated to Jiji.
- 2007-11: The northern part of the new station is completed.
- 2009-01: The southern part of the new station is completed.
- 2009-08-15: The entire station is completed and begins service.
- 2011-02-26: Due to the celebration of the Taiwan Lantern Festival, the station sets a single-day record of 160,000 passengers.
Station layout
| Platform 1A | ← (Tanwen) Coastal line Southbound (originating) toward Shalu, Dajia | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 1B | Passing Track toward Taipei, Taitung (Qiding)→ | |
| Platform 2A | ← (Zaoqiao) Mountain line toward Miaoli, Kaohsiung | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 2B | ← (Tanwen) Coastal line toward Houlong, Pingtung | |
| Platform 3A | Northbound Track toward Keelung, Hsinchu (Qiding)→ | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 3B | ←(Zaoqiao) Mountain line Southbound toward Taichung, Changhua | |