Kaohsiung

高雄
Taiwan Railways Administration
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese高雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāoxióng
Bopomofoㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
Hakka
Romanization
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKo-hiông
General information
Location318 Jianguo 2nd Rd
Sanmin District, Kaohsiung[1]
Taiwan
Coordinates22°38′23″N 120°18′08″E / 22.6396°N 120.3021°E / 22.6396; 120.3021[1]
Line(s)
Distance399.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[2]
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code
  • 185 (three-digit)[1]
  • 1238 (four-digit)[1]
  • A92 (statistical)[3]
ClassificationSpecial class (Chinese: 特等)[4]
Websitewww.railway.gov.tw/kaohsiung/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened22 June 1941; 82 years ago (1941-06-22)
Rebuilt14 October 2018; 5 years ago (2018-10-14)
Electrified29 June 1979; 44 years ago (1979-06-29)[5]
Previous names
Key dates
1900-11-29Predecessor station opened[6][7]
2002-03-27Rebuilt
Passengers
201714.196 million per year[3] Decrease 2.19%
Rank8 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Sankuaicuo
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Terminus
Terminus South-link line Minzu
towards Taitung
Location
Kaohsiung is located in Taiwan
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Location within Taiwan
Kaohsiung Main Station

R11 高雄車站
Kaohsiung Metro
Kaohsiung metro station
Platform
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese高雄車站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāoxióng Chēzhàn
Bopomofoㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ
General information
LocationB3F 320 Jianguo 2nd Rd
Sanmin District, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Line(s)
  Red line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeR11
Websitewww.krtco.com.tw/en/guide_r11.aspx
History
Opened7 April 2008; 15 years ago (2008-04-07)[8]
Rebuilt5 September 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-05)
Passengers
201710.772 million per year[9]
Rank2 out of 37
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station
Houyi
towards Gangshan South
 Red line Formosa Boulevard
towards Siaogang

Kaohsiung Main Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng chēzhàn) is a railway and metro station in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railways and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit. It is one of four special class stations, the highest class with the most services. It is currently undergoing reconstruction, scheduled to be complete in 2024.[10]

History

The main railway station serving Kaohsiung, formerly known as Takau (Chinese: 打狗) and Takao (高雄), was located at Hamasen. It opened in 1900 and served trains to Tainan. The Fengshan (then Hōzan (Japanese: 鳳山)) line opened in 1907. The station at the current site was built between 1933 and 1941. Towards the end of the century, it was decided that the railway was to be moved underground within Kaohsiung. A temporary station building was used between 2002 and 2018, when the underground station was partially opened. A temporary metro station was also used between 2008 and 2018. Construction on the remaining segments of the project is scheduled to be complete in 2024.

The rebuilt station was designed to accommodate the proposed extension of Taiwan High Speed Rail. However, on 27 September 2019, the Pingtung extension was confirmed to bypass central Kaohsiung.[11]

TRA railway

1941 station building

The TRA portion is a three-level underground railway station with two island platforms.[12][13] The 1941 station building is planned to be moved back to the original position for display.

The TRA railway in Kaohsiung also serves as a commuter rail. Nevertheless, the railway in Kaohsiung only has the capacity of double-track, making it difficult to allow many[quantify] such shuttle trains as EMU800 for domestic transportation to run through at once.[14]

Metro

The rapid transit station is a two-level, underground station with one entrance.[15] It is located at Jianguo 2nd Road. On 5 September 2018, it was relocated 100 metres north, making it the first metro station in Taiwan to be relocated. The new platforms are lengthened to allow for six carriages up from three. The former concourse and platforms are closed and reserved for emergency use.

KMRT Station

Old railway map of Kaohsiung
Former metro entrance
Former concourse
Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)
Western line
Pingtung Line
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Red Line

High-speed rail

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There was originally a plan for the HSR tracks to be constructed underground from Zuoying HSR station to this station together with the planning of the TRA tracks being moved underground. However, due to the fact that the construction of the HSR extension would be at a relatively high cost, it was decided to only begin moving the TRA in Kaohsiung underground, and the HSR would terminate at Zuoying. Even though no space was reserved for the HSR during construction of the TRA underground project, space has still been reserved at Kaohsiung Main Station to set up HSR platforms.

Health concerns

A team from NSYSU examined air quality in Kaohsiung main station on early October 2019 and found that the PM2.5 was 17 times higher than that of standard, putting passengers and workers at risk of getting lung disease.[16] Trains equipped with diesel engine that run through South-Link Line, the only single-track and non-electrified railway in Taiwan, were to blame.[16]

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ 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 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ 高雄港站前世今生. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ^ 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  8. ^ 捷運計畫 - 紅橘線路網 - 興建暨施工期程. Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ 統計資料預告發布及背景說明. Accounting and Statistics Office, Kaohsiung City (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  10. ^ "工程管理- 工程進度- ACL212標高雄車站段地下化(明挖覆蓋)工程". 交通部鐵道局 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Taiwan's Pingtung high-speed rail line ..." Taiwan News. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  12. ^ 交通部鐵路改建工程局－歡迎頁. www.rrb.gov.tw (in Chinese). 25 April 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  13. ^ 高雄市政府捷運工程局網頁. mtbu.kcg.gov.tw (in Chinese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  14. ^ 陳文嬋 (2018-10-17). "台鐵高雄區間車比台中少2成5 地方要求提高運輸效率 - 生活". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  15. ^ "高雄車站". 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  16. ^ a b 徐如宜、蔡容喬、王慧瑛 (2019-11-03). "乘客掩鼻站務員喊苦…柴油車進高雄站 空汙超標17倍". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-11-05.

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