Taitung Station

Taitung 台東

Location	Taitung City, Taitung Taiwan
Line(s)	Hualien–Taitung Line (004) South-Link Line (004)
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 Line		Terminus
Kangle toward Fangliao		South-Link Line		Terminus

Around the station

Beinan Cultural Park
Peinandazhen Riverside Park
Taitung Forest Park

References

↑ "Special Interests > Rail Tour > Three-day Tour of Hualien and Taitung > Beinan Cultural Park >". Eng.taiwan.net.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "Taitung to be destination for Puyuma by year-end - The China Post". The China Post. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

External links

TRA Taitung Station (Chinese)
TRA Taitung Station (English)

Taiwan Railways Administration — Eastern Line

Yilan Line	Western Line ← Badu Nuannuan Sijiaoting Ruifang Houtong Sandiaoling Mudan Shuangxi Gongliao Fulong Shihcheng Dali Daxi Guishan Wai-ao Toucheng Dingpu Jiaoxi Sicheng Yilan Erjie Zhongli Luodong Dongshan Xinma Su'aoxin → North-Link Line Su'ao Station

North-Link Line	Su'aoxin Yongle Dong'ao Nan'ao Wuta Hanben Heping Heren Chongde Xincheng (Taroko) Jingmei Beipu Hualien

Hualien–Taitung Line	Hualien Ji'an Zhixue Pinghe Shoufeng Fengtian Nanping Fenglin Wanrong Guangfu Dafu Fuyuan Ruisui Sanmin Yuli Antong Dongli Dongzhu Fuli Chishang Haiduan Guanshan Ruihe Ruiyuan Luye Shanli Taitung → South-Link Line

Taiwan Railways Administration — South-Link Line

(Pingtung Line ←) Fangliao Jialu Neishi Fangshan Fangye Signal Central Signal Guzhuang Dawu Longxi Jinlun Taimali Zhiben Kangle Taitung (→ Hualien–Taitung Line)

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

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