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Fengyuan Station

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Line(s)
  
Western Line (144)

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
15 May 1905

Distance
  
179.1 km from Keelung

Structure type
  
At-Grade

Phone
  
+886 4 2520 7950

Fengyuan Station

Location
  
Fengyuan, Taichung Taiwan

Operated by
  
Taiwan Railway Administration

Address
  
No. 1-1, Zhongzheng Rd, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, Taiwan 420

Similar
  
Tanzi Station, Daqing Station, Xinwuri Station, Taiyuan Station, Wuri Station

Fengyuan station taiwan


Fengyuan Station (Chinese: 豐原車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngyuán Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Fongyuán Chejhàn) is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Taichung Line located in Fengyuan District, Taichung, Taiwan. It was formerly a terminus for the now-defunct TRA Dongshi Line.

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Overview

The current station is a temporary station, which originally opened with two island platforms. However, with construction of the Taichung Elevated Railway Project, the station has been converted to one side platform, one island platform, and a remaining unused platform.

As part of the Taichung Elevated Railway Project, the station is slated to be replaced with an elevated station with two island platforms.

History

  • May 15, 1905: Opened as 葫蘆墩駅.
  • 1920: The station name was changed to the current "Fengyuan Station".
  • January 12, 1959: The TRA Dongshi Line opened for service, with the station as a terminus.
  • November 1960: The station was re-constructed as a concrete station building.
  • September 1, 1991: The TRA Dongshi Line ceases service.
  • February 25, 2008: The station becomes a stop on the Taroko Express.

    • Around the station

  • Fengyuan Museum of Lacquer Art
  • Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center
  • Taiwan Balloons Museum
  • Taichung City Government Yangming Building
  • National Feng Yuan Commercial High School
  • Zhongzheng Rd.
  • Sanmin Rd.
  • Fengyuan Tzu Chi Temple
  • Miaodong Night Market
  • Feng Yuan Junior High School
  • Taichung Police Department, Fengyuan Branch

    • References

    Fengyuan Station Wikipedia
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