Kaohsiung Railway station
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Other names | Kaohsiung Main Station (MRT) |
Location | Jianguo 2nd Road, No. 318 Sanmin, Kaohsiung Taiwan |
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Distance | 399.8 km from Keelung |
Connections | Bus stop |
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Temporary Station: At-Grade/Underground (Underground station under construction) |
Disabled access | Yes |
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Classification | 特等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) |
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Opened |
TRA: June 22, 1941 (original) March 28, 2002 (temporary) MRT: March 9, 2008 |
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Kaohsiung Station | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 高雄車站 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 高雄车站 | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Gaōxióng Chēzhàn |
Bopomofo | ㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ |
Wade–Giles | Kao1hsiung2 Ch'ê1chan4 |
Kaohsiung Station (Chinese: 高雄車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng Chēzhàn) is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.
The temporary TRA station (opened March 28, 2002) is a three-level above-ground station connected by an elevated walkway between train platforms. It is divided into front and back stations. At ground level, there are 3 island platforms and 6 tracks, 5 of which are aligned with platforms.
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Numbering starts on the left (south side).
The Kaohsiung MRT station is a two-level, underground station with one exit. It is located at Jianguo 2nd Road.
A new underground station is being built to replace the current station. Similar to Taipei Station, it will consist of a TRA concourse at B1, 2 TRA island platforms and 4 tracks at B2, an MRT concourse at B3 and an MRT platform at B4. The new MRT platform is located about 100 m north of the current station, and is double the length to allow for 6 cars. The underground portion could open as early as December 2017, upon which the current MRT station will be closed and reserved for emergency use. The current TRA station and tracks will be removed and the legacy station building will be moved back to the center for display. There is a proposal to extend THSR to the new station.
Coordinates: 22°38′24″N 120°18′10″E / 22.64000°N 120.30278°E