Xinma railway station

Xinma (Chinese: 新馬車站; pinyin: Xīnmǎ Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line. It is located in Su'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.

Xinma

新馬車站
Taiwan Railways Administration
Train station
General information
LocationSu'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan
Coordinates24°36′55.14″N 121°49′22.32″E
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)     Eastern Trunk line
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
Other information
Station code068
ㄒㄇ
History
Opened22 November 1920
Passengers
44 daily (2014)[1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Dongshan
towards Badu
 Eastern Trunk line Su'aoxin
towards Taitung

History

The station was opened on 22 November 1920. The current station building was opened on 31 December 1970. Its distance between Su'aoxin Station is only 0.9km, the shortest distance between railway stations in Taiwan.

On 21 October 2018, a train derailment occurred at Xinma Station, killing 18 people and injuring 187.[2] Due to the accident, the station was closed to passenger service on 31 May 2022 to reroute the Yilan line to a shallower curve.[3]

Structure

Sinma Station has a simple reinforced concrete structure building. The station is staffless and managed by nearby Su'aoxin Station.

Around the station

See also

References
  1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. By Yong Xiong, Mimi Hsin Hsuan Sun and Sheena McKenzie (21 October 2018). "At least 18 dead and 178 injured in Taiwan train derailment". CNN.
  3. "交通部臺灣鐵路管理局". 2022-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-13.


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