Fengyuan () is a railway station in

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, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. It was formerly a terminus for the now-defunct TRA Dongshi line and a current terminus for local trains that specifically travel via

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, Taichung Port railway station and

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connecting

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and Coast Line.

Overview

The 1960 station opened with two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s. In 2016 it was converted to one

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, one

, and a remaining unused platform. As part of the Taichung Elevated Railway Project, the station is replaced with an elevated station with two

History

*1905-05-15: Opened as 葫蘆墩駅. *1920: The station name was changed to the current "Fengyuan Station". *1959-01-12: 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. *1991-09-01: The TRA Dongshi line ceases service. *2008-02-25: The station becomes a stop on the ''

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''.

Platform layout

Around the station

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* 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

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