Qidu railway station

Qidu 七堵
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	七堵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīdǔ Bopomofo ㄑㄧ ㄉㄨˇ Wade–Giles C'hi¹tu³ Southern Min Tâi-lô tshit-tóo
General information
Location	2-1 Dongxin St Qidu District, Keelung Taiwan
Coordinates	25°05′35″N 121°42′50″E / 25.0931°N 121.7140°E / 25.0931; 121.7140
System	Taiwan Railway railway station
Line	Western Trunk line
Distance	6.0 km to Keelung
Connections	Local bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	A03 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)
History
Opened	20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)
Rebuilt	25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
Passengers
12,489 daily (2024)
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Badu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Baifu towards Pingtung
Location Qidu Location within Taiwan

Qidu (Chinese: 七堵; pinyin: Qīdǔ; Wade–Giles: C'hi¹tu³) is a railway station in Keelung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railway.

History

The station was opened in 1891, during Qing rule. It serves the area of Qidu.

In Japanese rule, the station name was pronounced as Shichito in Japanese, then romanized as Chitu after World War II until 2003.

It is now the origin station for most of the southbound trains on the West Coast line, after the new station was completed in 2007.

Around the station

• National Keelung Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School (next to the station)
• Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation headquarter office (300m to the west)
• Qidu Night Market (350m to the northeast)
• Qidu Railway Memorial Park (400m to the northeast)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to TRA Qidu Station.

• TRA Qidu Station (in Chinese)
• Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean)

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