Line(s) Pingtung Line Platforms 1 island, 1 side | Distance 5.8 km from Kaohsiung Tracks 3 | |
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Location Caogong Rd, No. 68
Fongshan, Kaohsiung
Taiwan Operated by Taiwan Railways Administration Address 830, Taiwan, Kaohsiung City, Fengshan District Similar Jiuqutang Station, Qiaotou Station, Nanzi Station, Kaohsiung Station, Fongshan Station | ||
fengshan station time lapse photography
Fengshan Station (Chinese: 鳳山車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Fèngshān Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Fòngshan Chejhàn), formerly spelled Fongshan Station, is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Pingtung Line located in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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History
The station was opened on October 1, 1907 as Hōzan Station (鳳山停車場), as part of the first phase of what later became the TRA Pingtung Line. In 1935, a brick station building opened and replaced the original wooden station building, and was expanded twice in 1964 and 1990. The station tracks were electrified between May 3, 1995 (from Kaohsiung to Fengshan) and July 10, 1996 (from Fengshan to Pingtung). Until 1998, this station was also served by the South-North Line (zh:南北平行預備線) of Taiwan Sugar Railways.
A temporary, underground station building was opened on June 22, 2014 at the site of the former Taiwan Sugar Railways platforms as part of the underground relocation of tracks of the southern section of the Taiwan Trunk Line. At the same time, the 1935 ground-level station building was demolished.