Xizhi railway station

Xizhi 汐止
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	汐止
Literal meaning	Tide stops
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xìzhǐ Bopomofo ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ Wade–Giles Hsi⁴chih³ Southern Min Tâi-lô Sı̍k-tsí
General information
Location	1 Xinyi Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0680°N 121.6614°E / 25.0680; 121.6614
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	13.1 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	A06 (statistical)
Classification	Second class (Chinese: 二等)[2]
History
Opened	20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)[3][4]
Rebuilt	9 April 2006 (2006-04-09)[5]
Electrified	9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[6]
Passengers
20,252 daily (2023) [7]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Wudu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Xike towards Pingtung
Location Xizhi Location within Taiwan

Xizhi (Chinese: 汐止) is a railway station in Xizhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Overview

Xizhi Station platforms

The station has two island platforms.

History

• 20 October 1891: The station opened as Tsui-tng-ka Pier (Chinese: 水返腳碼頭).
• 1920: (during Japanese rule) The name was changed to Shiodome Station (Japanese: 汐止駅, Hepburn: Shiodome-eki).
• 1945: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
• 9 April 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
• 1 August 2008: The station begins accepting EasyCard as payment for travel

Around the station

• Keelung River
• Xizhi District Office (350m to the southwest)
• Xiufeng High School (next to the station)
• Xizhi Old Street (200m to the northeast)
• Xizhi Night Market (200m to the southwest)
• Provincial Highway No. 5 (200m to the south)
• Shuifanjiao Park (250m to the north)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
4. 汐止發展史. Xizhi District Office (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
5. 汐止高架車站工程. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
6. 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
7. 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 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

External links

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