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The Taiwan High Speed Rail currently operates 12 stations in western Taiwan: Taiwan Railways have a station name identical to THSR in a union station or in nearby places: Banqiao, Nangang, Taipei. Taiwan Railways have a station name identical to THSR but in different places: Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Tainan, Taoyuan, Zuoying.
This article consists of the busiest railway stations in Republic of China (Taiwan), with the statistics being taken from the official data of the years 2020. Ridership numbers are for Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) only, other rail transport like MRT are not included.
Rail transport in Taiwan consists of 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) (as of 2015) of railway networks. [2] Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
Railway stations in Taiwan by century of closing (2 C) Railway stations in Taiwan by century of opening (3 C) Railway stations in Taiwan by decade of closing (3 C)
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation [a] Area served: Taiwan (main island only) Transit type: High-speed railway: Number of lines: 1: Number of stations: 12: Annual ridership: 81,882,961 (2023) 61.8%: Website: thsrc.com.tw: Operation; Began operation: January 5, 2007; 18 years ago () Operator(s) Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation: Character
Tainan (Chinese: 台南; pinyin: Táinán) is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration.Situated in centre of the old town square in the East District of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western trunk line in Taiwan.
Taiwan Railway (TR) [II] is a state-owned conventional railway in Taiwan. It is operated by the Taiwan Railway Corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications , responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track in Taiwan . [ 1 ]
The station was a single-story wooden structure with Japanese style with slant roof and rain-shield walls. The rail line connected to the station roughly divides Chiayi City into two regions. The region located in front of the station prospered as the city business district, while the region located behind the station was scarcely developed.