Xinying railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Zhongshan Rd., No. 1 Xinying, Tainan Taiwan | ||||
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| Distance | 314.7 km from Keelung | ||||
| Connections | Bus stop | ||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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| Classification | 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) | ||||
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| Opened | 16 December 1901 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1976 | ||||
| Former names | 新營庄停車場, 新營驛 | ||||
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| 1934 | Station rebuilt | ||||
| 1964 | Station rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 10,134 daily (2024) | |||||
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Xinying Station (Chinese: 新營車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnyíng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyíng Chejhàn), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of Taiwan Railway West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.
Overview
The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.
History
- 16 December 1901: The station opens for service as Shin'ei Village Station (Japanese: 新營庄停車場).
- 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
- 1 June 1920: The station name is changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
- 1934: The station is reconstructed and the second-generation station opens for service.
- 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
- 1964: The second-generation station building is expanded.
- 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opens for service.
- 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
- 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
Platform layout
| 1 | 1A | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung |
| ■ Eastern line (cross-line southbound) | Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien | ||
| 2 | 1B | ■ West Coast line (southbound) | Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound, through track) | Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung | ||
| ■ South-link line (southbound) | Toward Taitung | ||
| 3 | 2A | ■ West Coast line (southbound, through track) | Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound, originating) | Toward Chiayi | ||
| 4 | 2B | ■ Not in use | Not in use |
Around the station
- Xinying Cultural Center
- Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
- Xinying District Office
- Xinying Sugar Factory
- Xinying High School
- Nanguang High School
- Xingguo High School
- Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School
See also
References
- ↑ Taiwan Railway Corporation (May 2025). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國113年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2024- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2025-05-08. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to TRC Xinying Station.
- TRA Sinying Station (in Chinese)
- TRA Sinying Station (in English)
| Preceding station |  Taiwan Railway |
Following station | ||
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| Houbi towards Keelung |
Western Trunk line | Liuying towards Pingtung | ||