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Line(s)
  
Pingtung Line (190)

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
20 December 1913

Distance
  
21.0 km from Kaohsiung

Structure type
  
At-Grade

Province
  
Taiwan Province

Pingtung Station

Location
  
Pingtung City, Pingtung County Taiwan

Operated by
  
Taiwan Railway Administration

Address
  
900, Taiwan, Pingtung County, Pingtung City

Similar
  
Chaozhou Station, Fangliao Station, Kaohsiung Station, Liukuaicuo Station, Xi Shi

Pingtung station


Pingtung Station (Chinese: 屏東車站; pinyin: Píngdōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Overview

The station has one side platform and one island platform, as well as a tourism center. The station is planned to be converted into an elevated station. The station is the last station to have electrified rails, but they are planned to be extended to Chaozhou.

History

  • December 20, 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
  • October 1, 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東, "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
  • October 5, 1962: The current station opens for service.

    • Around the station

  • Pingtung County Government
  • Pingtung County Council
  • National Pingtung University of Education
  • Pingtung Art Museum
  • Pingtung Performing Arts Center
  • Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial
  • Pingtung Night Market
  • Tangrong Elementary School
  • Zhongzheng Elementary School
  • Bus transfer stations

    • References

    Pingtung Station Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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