Chenggong railway station
Chenggong (Chinese: 成功車站; pinyin: Chénggōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line located in Wuri District, Taichung, Taiwan. The name is derived from the nearby Chenggongling military base.
Chenggong Station 成功車站  | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Wuri, Taichung, Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°06′51.5″N 120°35′26.1″E | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Taichung | ||||||||||||
| Train operators | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 May 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 1,404 daily (2014)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Chenggong station platform
Train tickets from Zhuifen station to Chenggong station via the Chengzhui line are popular among students for having the double meaning of "success in getting a good grade." If pronounced slightly differently, it could also mean "success in getting married."[2]
History
The station was opened on 15 May 1905.
Structure
| 1 | 1A | ■West Coast line (Southward) | To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi |
| 2 | 1B | ■West Coast line (Northward) | To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu |
| 3 | 2A | ■West Coast line (southbound trains pass) | To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi direction |
| ■West Coast line (northbound trains pass) | To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu | ||
| 4 | 2B | ■West Coast line (Going northward, and passing through Chengzhui line to Coast line) |
To Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu |
| ■West Coast line (Going southward, and passing through Chengzhui line to Coast line) |
To Taichung, Fengyuan, Houli |
Service
As a minor station, Chenggong Station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.
See also
References
- "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- "祈求會考追分成功 大肚懷舊小旅行 | 旅遊 | 新頭殼 Newtalk". 新頭殼 Newtalk (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
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