Hamasen station

Hamasen O1/C14 哈瑪星站
Hamasen metro station Hamasen light rail station
General information
Location	Gushan, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Orange line   Circular light rail
Platforms	1 island platform, 2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground, ground level
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	O1, C14
History
Opened	14 September 2008 (2008-09-14) (metro) 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (light rail)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Terminus Orange line Yanchengpu towards Daliao Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Penglai Pier-2 outer loop / anticlockwise Circular light rail Shoushan Park inner loop / clockwise

Hamasen (Chinese: 哈瑪星站; pinyin: Hāmǎxīng) is a metro station and light rail station of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, served by the Orange line and the Circular light rail. It is located in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The station name is derived from Hamasen, the historic name of the area.

Station overview

Formerly called Sizihwan station after a nearby scenic area Sizihwan, the metro station was renamed in 2024.^[2] This station was originally planned to be constructed inside the National Sun Yat-sen University. Due to construction issues and oppositions from the university, it was eventually built at the current location instead.

The nearby TRA Kaohsiung Port Station [zh], which opened in 1908 to provide train service in the Kaohsiung Harbor area, ceased operations and was turned into a railway cultural park after service began on the Orange Line.^[3]

The metro station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform.^[4] It is located at the junction of Linhai 2nd Road and Gushan 1st Road and has 2 exits. The station is 282 metres (925 ft) long.^[5]

The light rail station is a ground level station with two side platforms. It is located inside Hamasen Railway Cultural Park.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Exit 1: Gushan Ferry Station, Gushan Post Office Exit 2: Kaohsiung Customs, Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (near exit 2)
B2	Platform 1	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 1, right for platform 2
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →

Street Level	Side platform
		→ Circular light rail toward Lizihnei (Penglai Pier-2)
		→ Circular light rail toward Lizihnei (Penglai Pier-2)
	Side platform

Around the station

• Takao Railway Museum and Hamasen Railway Cultural Park
• Gushan Triangle Park
• Sky Balcony
• Da'an Park
• International Cruise Terminal
• Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf
• Kaohsiung Harbor Museum
• Kaohsiung Martyrs' Shrine
• Kaohsiung Wude Hall
• Mount Shou
• Sizihwan Tunnel (Old Shoushan Cave)
• Sizihwan Scenic Area
• National Sun Yat-sen University
• Sizhiwan Beach

References

1. 蔡玟君 (October 1, 2015). "確定了！「高雄輕軌」10/16開放試乘、8日起受理預約" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). ETtoday. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. 許宥孺 (2023-11-21). "確定了！高雄5捷運站明年6月改名 「市議會、西子灣站掰了」". 東森新聞雲. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
3. "Old locomotives set to retire from Kaohsiung after 100 years of service". Taiwan News. 2008-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
4. 西子灣站. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
5. 西子灣站週邊地圖. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

External links

• Hamasen - KRTC-Kaohsiung Metro(in English)

22.6216°N 120.2758°E / 22.6216; 120.2758