Keelung railway station

Keelung Station (Chinese: 基隆車站; pinyin: Jīlóng chēzhàn) is a railway station in Ren'ai District, Keelung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. The station was built in 1891, and has gone through several renovations.

Keelung

基隆
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese基隆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīlóng
Bopomofoㄐㄧ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
General information
Location5 Gangxi Street
Ren'ai, Keelung
Taiwan
Coordinates25.1316°N 121.7384°E / 25.1316; 121.7384
Line(s)
  Western Trunk line
Distance0.0 km to Keelung[1]
Platforms2 bay platforms[2]
Tracks4[2]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code0900[2]
ClassificationFirst class (Chinese: 一等)[3]
History
Opened20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)[4][5]
Rebuilt29 June 2015 (2015-06-29)
Electrified9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[6]
Key dates
1899Rebuilt
1908Rebuilt
March 1965Rebuilt
Passengers
20175.699 million per year[7] Increase 0.15%
Rank24 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Terminus Western Trunk line Sankeng
towards Pingtung
Location
Keelung is located in Taiwan
Keelung
Keelung
Location within Taiwan

Overview
The third-generation Keelung Station, opened in 1908.
The fourth-generation Keelung station, January 2007

The station has three stories (two aboveground, one underground).

Platform layout
1
2
3
4		 1A
1B
2A
2B		 ■ West Coast line (southbound departure) Toward Qidu, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung

History
  • 20 October 1891: A station to the north of the current station was opened (Keelung Train Pier, Chinese: 雞籠火車碼頭) when the railroad segment from Keelung to Tsui-tng-ka Pier was completed.
  • 20 October 1893: The rail line from Keelung to Taipeh (Taipei) was completed.
  • 30 October 1908: The third-generation station (with clock tower) was opened for service. The style is similar to Hsinchu and Taichung stations, which opened at around the same time.
  • April 1914: The rail line from Keelung to Haccho was completed.
  • 23 January 1967: The fourth-generation station was completed.
  • 1968: Station underpass was completed.
  • 5 April 1968: The Keelung Railway Restaurant was added to the station.
  • 6 June 1985: The aforementioned restaurant closed.
  • 8 June 2013: One of the station's footbridges collapsed, injuring one woman and delaying the train schedule.[8]
  • 29 June 2015: The current (fifth-generation) station was completed, at a new location to the south of Zhong 1st Road.[9] The NT$2.6 billion project included 1.5 km (0.93 mi) of track, including the route to Sankeng Station, and the elimination of two level crossings.[10][11] The previous station will be converted into an art exhibition venue.[12]

Around the station

See also

References
  1. 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. "TRA WebSite - tw" 交通部臺灣鐵路管理局_首頁>旅客服務>車站與周邊資訊>基隆. Taiwan Railways Administration. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  4. Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. "Footbridge collapses at Keelung train station, one woman injured". The China Post. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  9. "Keelung Project". Railway Reconstruction Bureau. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  10. 基隆計畫. Railway Reconstruction Bureau. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  11. "TRA station inaugurated in Keelung". Taiwan Today. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  12. "Colorful Exit". Formosa English News. Formosa Television. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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