Taitung_Station

Taitung railway station

Taitung railway station

Railway station in Taitung City, Taiwan


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

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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. The station also features solar panels installed on 12 buildings within its parameters which covers an area of 8,652 m2 and an installed generation capacity of 1.51 MW.[2]

Service

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Around the station

See also


References

  1. "Special Interests > Rail Tour > Three-day Tour of Hualien and Taitung > Beinan Cultural Park >". Eng.taiwan.net.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. Shan, Shelley (16 August 2022). "Taitung Railway Station first in solar energy revenue". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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