South Shulin (Chinese: 南樹林車站; pinyin: Nán Shùlín Chēzhàn) is a station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Shulin District, New Taipei, Taiwan.^[2][3] South Shulin Station is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Dongxing Street.

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South Shulin Station 南樹林車站
General information
Location	Shulin, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	24.9804°N 121.4089°E / 24.9804; 121.4089
Owned by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Train operators	Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened	23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)[1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Shulin towards Keelung Western Trunk line Shanjia towards Pingtung

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Representatives of the Shulin District office surveyed 1078 citizens to gather public opinion on a favorable station name. Results of the survey are as follows: South Shulin (42.5%), Dongxing (30.5%). The remaining names include: Shijin Shouji (0.4%), Dongshan (0.3%), Xia Shanjia (0.2%), Shulin Dispatch Station (0.1%), Shujia (0.1%), Xinxing (0.1%), Shuxing (0.1%), New Shulin (0.1%).

Before the opening of the station, the area in which the station is currently located was called "Shulin Train Yard and Simple Train Stop." On 3/25/2015, the Shulin District Office held a naming meeting to determine the name of the future train station. Station names such as Shushan, Shudiao, and South Shulin were considered before deciding on the name South Shulin Station.

Shulin Station was built as a commuter station^[4] and is the third station in New Taipei City's Shulin District after Shulin Station and Shanjia Station.^[5]

• 12/4/2007: Groundbreaking ceremony
• 2/2009: Construction began, budget NTD 125 million
• 8/2015: Construction completed
• 12/23/2015: Station opened

• one island platform

Platform A: Taiwan Railway main line toward Taoyuan, Hsinchu (Shanjia Station)

Platform B: Taiwan Railway main line toward Taipei, Keelung/Su'ao (Shulin Station)

• Service only to local trains
  • Trains longer than eight cars are not permitted to stop at this station or similar commuter stations including Sankeng, Fuzhou, Fugang, North Hsinchu.
• Management of this station falls under the supervision of Shulin Station.
• This station accepts EasyCard, iPASS, and other similar contactless smartcards as payments.

• Sijihong Community
• Shulin Marshalling Yard
• YouBike Station
  • South Shulin Station
• Lujiao Creek Wetlands (1.8km to the southeast)
• Dongsheng Park (900m to the northeast)