Shulin_Station
Shulin railway station
Railway station located in New Taipei, Taiwan.
Shulin (Chinese: 樹林; pinyin: Shùlín) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration.
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| Traditional Chinese | 樹林 | ||||||||||
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| Location | 112 Zhanqian St Shulin District, New Taipei[1] Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24.9913°N 121.4246°E / 24.9913; 121.4246[1] | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 40.9 km to Keelung[2] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||
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| Classification | First class (Chinese: 一等)[4] | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 August 1901 (1901-08-25)[5][6][7] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 27 September 1997 (1997-09-27)[7] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[8] | ||||||||||
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| 2017 | 11.345 million per year[3]  0.72% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 10 out of 228 | ||||||||||
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The station has two island platforms and a side platform. The side platform opened on 3 May 2007, but is only rarely used for terminating trains. The cross station-type building allows passengers to buy tickets on the second floor with connections to platforms at ground level. The station is also the origin station for most eastbound trains to Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung.
- 1901-08-25: Opened as "Shulin Dropping Station"
- 1902-06-01: Name changed to "Shulin Stopping Station"
- 1940-12: Name changed to "Shulin Station"
- 1955-01-01: Designated as a 2nd level (2nd) station
- 1966-01-01: Designated as a 2nd level (1st) station
- 1985-07-01: Designated as a 1st level station
- 1994-07-26: The old station was demolished. The station was moved into a temporary structure.
- 1997-03-14: Shulin Yard begins operations. The Eastern line terminus is shifted from Banqiao to Shulin.
- 1997-09-27: The new cross-station type building opens.
- 2007-05-03: The third platform opens.
- 2008-06-20: The Taipei-Shulin segment begins trials with payment using the EasyCard.
- 2009-07: A lunchbox counter opens on Platform 2.
- 2010-03-26: EasyCard usage officially begins.
| 1 | 1A | ■ West Coast line (southbound) | toward Taichung, Kaohsiung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound) | terminus | ||
| 2 | 1B | ■ West Coast line (southbound) | toward Taichung, Kaohsiung |
| 3 | 2A | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | toward Taipei, Keelung |
| 4 | 2B | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | toward Taipei, Keelung |
| ■ Eastern line (southbound) | toward Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung (via the South-link line) | ||
| ■ Eastern line (northbound) | terminus | ||
| 5 | ■ Linkou line (north/southbound) | shunting | |
| 7 | 3 | ■ Eastern line (north/southbound) | terminus |
Night Markets
- Shulin Night Market (100m to the east)
- Shulin Xingren Garden Night Market (1.7km to the northwest)
Temples
- Shulin Baoan Temple (350m to the northeast)
Government Offices
- Shulin District Office (150m to the south)
Science and Industrial Parks
- Shulin Datong Science Park (formerly Shulin Winery)
Schools
- Shulin High School (1km to the south)
- Shuren School of Home Economics (Private)
- 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 41. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
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