Xincheng railway station

Xincheng Taroko Station

新城太魯閣車站
Taiwan Railway
Railway station
General information
LocationXincheng, Hualien County, Taiwan
Coordinates24°7′39.5″N 121°38′26.3″E / 24.127639°N 121.640639°E / 24.127639; 121.640639
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)North-link
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened26 July 1975
Passengers
1,200 daily (2023) [1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Chongde
towards Badu
Eastern Trunk line Jingmei
towards Taitung

Xincheng Station (Chinese: 新城車站; pinyin: Xīnchéng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration North-link line located in Xincheng Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. To promote the sight-seeing in nearby area, the local committees decided to change the station name to Taroko (Chinese: 太魯閣車站; pinyin: Tàilǔgé Chēzhàn) according to the famous Taroko Gorge. The new name was effective from August 2007. But during the transition period, most of the signs contain both name versions of the station to avoid ambiguity.[2][3]

  1. ^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ "Xincheng Train Station | Taiwan Adventures Online Guide". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Railway station to feature paintings of Taroko Gorge - Taipei Times". 20 February 2016.