Taitung Station

Taitung
台東
Taiwan Railways Administration
Location Taitung City, Taitung
Taiwan
Line(s)
Distance 151.9 km from Hualien
98.2 km from Fangliao
Construction
Structure type Surface
Other information
Station code 004
Classification 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened June 27, 1982

Taitung Station (Chinese: 台東車站; pinyin: Táidōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA). It lies at the junction of the Hualien-Taitung Line and the South-Link Line in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan.

History

During the construction work of the back part of Taitung Station in 1980, a historic settlement area was discovered when graveyard containing several thousand slate coffins was unearthed, with some bodies still laid within. Around 20,000 pieces of jade, pottery and stone tools were also found. This had caught the attention of the government to carry out archaeological work and build a national museum to preserve the artifacts. The area officially opened in 1997 as the Beinan Cultural Park.[1]

Structure

Taitung Station platform

There are three island platforms.

Service

All service classes of the TRA except the Taroko Express. This is because the Taroko class is exclusively used on the northern half of the Eastern Line. Only the "Puyuma Express" runs the full length from Taipei to Taitung after electrification of the Eastern Line was completed in July 2014.[2]

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
Shanli
toward Hualien
Hualien–Taitung LineTerminus
toward Fangliao
South-Link Line

Around the station

See also

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References

Coordinates: 22°47′36″N 121°07′23″E / 22.79333°N 121.12306°E / 22.79333; 121.12306


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