Taoyuan HSR station

Taoyuan HSR (Chinese: 高鐵桃園站; pinyin: Gāotiě Táoyuán Zhàn) is a railway and metro station in Taoyuan, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail and Taoyuan Airport MRT, and is also known as Qingpu Station (Chinese: 青埔車站).[4][5]

For the TRA station with the same name, see Taoyuan railway station.
Taoyuan

桃園
THSR railway station
HSR building exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese桃園
General information
Location6 Sec 1 Gaotie N Rd
Zhongli District, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Coordinates25.0132°N 121.2149°E / 25.0132; 121.2149
Line(s)
  THSR
Distance42.2 km[1]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ArchitectKris Yao
Other information
Station codeTAY／04
Websitewww.thsrc.com.tw/en/StationInfo/prospect/730b59ec-767d-490f-8a16-e4ae62e25cf8
History
Opened2007-01-05[2]
Passengers
201812.901 million per year[3]  8.38%
Rank4 out of 12
Services
Preceding station Taiwan High Speed Rail Following station
Banqiao
towards Nangang
 THSR Hsinchu
towards Zuoying
Location
Taoyuan
Location within Taiwan
Taoyuan HSR

高鐵桃園站
Taoyuan metro station
Entrance 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese高鐵桃園站
General information
Location5 Sec 1 Gaotie N Rd
Zhongli District, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Line(s)
  Taoyuan Airport MRT – Commuter
Distance108.7 km
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeA18
Websitewww.tymetro.com.tw/tymetro-new/en/_pages/travel-guide/A18
History
Opened2017-03-02
Services
Preceding station Taoyuan Metro Following station
Taoyuan Sports Park
towards Huanbei
 Taoyuan Airport MRT
Commuter
 Linghang
towards Taipei Main Station
Huanbei
Terminus
 Taoyuan Airport MRT
Express
limited service
 Airport Terminal 2
towards Taipei Main Station

History
  • 10 November 2006: This station opened for service.
  • 05 January 2007: the segment from the Banqiao Station to Zuoying Station opened for service and trains began stopping at this station.
  • 02 March 2017: The Taoyuan Airport MRT opened for service connecting the station to the now completed Taoyuan MRT line.

The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation signed contracts with China Airlines for preferential services at this station for the airline's outbound passengers.[6]

HSR station layout
THSR Taoyuan Station platform

The underground station has two side platforms. Twenty-two hectares around the station are reserved for commercial and industrial development, with the goal of developing the area into an international commercial city.[7]

Street Level Lobby Entrance/Exit, ticketing, automatic ticket machines, restrooms, information desk
Tourism counter, retail stores
Parking lot, transfers, taxi stand, drop-off area
B1 Concourse Waiting area, nursery, retail stores
B2
Side platform
Platform 1 THSR toward Zuoying (Hsinchu)
Platform 2 THSR toward Nangang (Banqiao)
Side platform

Around the station

References
  1. "高鐵沿線里程座標相關資料". data.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. "計畫介紹- 高鐵建設- 台灣高鐵". Railway Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. "投資人關係-營運資訊". Taiwan High Speed Rail (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. "Taoyuan Airport to allow check-ins at HSR station". The China Post. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  5. "Ministry takes over rail project". Taipei Times. 2003-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  6. "High Speed Rail Sees Passenger Number Hit Record High of Over 3 Million in Feb". China Economics News Service. 2010-03-08. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  7. "Foreign companies interested in developing railway station area". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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