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Railway station located in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

25°00′15″N 121°26′41″E / 25.004203°N 121.444693°E / 25.004203; 121.444693

Puxin
埔心Taiwan Railway
General information
Location208-1 Yongmei Rd.
Yangmei, Taoyuan
Taiwan
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance73.1 km (45.4 mi) from Keelung
Platforms2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened10 April 1900 (1900-04-10)
Passengers
11,394 daily (2023)
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Zhonglitowards Keelung Western Trunk line Yangmeitowards Pingtung

Puxin station (traditional Chinese: 埔心車站; simplified Chinese: 埔心车站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002. It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station

  • Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry (2,500 meters; 8,200 ft northwest of the station)
  • Puxin Night Market (next to the station)
  • Puxin Ranch (1,300 meters; 4,300 ft northwest of the station)

See also

References

  1. ^ 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 45. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
  2. Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
Taiwan RailwayWest Coast line


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