Gangshan railway station
Gangshan (Chinese: 岡山車站; pinyin: Gāngshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[2]
Gangshan 岡山  | |
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 TRA Gangshan Station | |
| Location | Gangshan, Kaohsiung Taiwan |
| Operated by | |
| Line(s) | |
| Distance | 378.4 km from Keelung |
| Platforms | 2 island platform |
| Connections | Bus stop |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Surface |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Classification | 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) |
| History | |
| Opened | TRA: 15 December 1900 (original) 29 October 1993 (present building) KMRT: 2020 (expected opening) |
| Passengers | |
| 5,963 daily (2014)[1] | |
| Gangshan railway station | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 岡山車站 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 冈山车站 | ||||||||||
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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.
is expected to be extended northwards to Gangshan Station by 2020.
Around the station
See also
References
- "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- http://train.qmap.tw/1227106529
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| Preceding station |  Taiwan Railways |
Following station | ||
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| Luzhu towards Keelung |
Western Trunk line | Qiaotou towards Pingtung | ||
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