Hsinchu () is a railway station in East District,

Hsinchu City Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

, Taiwan served by

Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...

. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of the

Neiwan line The Neiwan line () is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration. It is located in Hsinchu County. History The Neiwan line was completed on 11 September 1951. It became a popular tourist site in the early ...

Structure

There are 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 and one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

, as well as the historic fourth-generation European-style station building which opened in 1913, during Japanese rule.

Service

Except ''

Tzu-Chiang Limited Express The Tze-Chiang Express, also spelled "Tzu-chiang" or "Ziqiang" () is a type of express train service operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) in Taiwan. Of the five service classes operated by the TRA, the Tze-Chiang trains is the faste ...

'' southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some ''

Taroko Express The ''Taroko Express'' () is an express train service of the Taiwan Railways Administration, and is part of ''Tze-Chiang'' Limited Express. The name of the service comes from the long Taroko Gorge, which is one of Taiwan's most popular touri ...

es'', all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan.

trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the

THSR Hsinchu Station Hsinchu () is a railway station in Hsinchu County, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail. It opened for service in 2006. The station was designed by Taiwanese architect Kris Yao. Transfers to TRA Liujia station can be made at this station, ...

is available through

Liujia line The Liujia Line () is a branch line of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line. It is located in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It was built to link the Western Line to the THSR's Hsinchu Station, speeding up transit times between the two ...

(which branches off from the Neiwan line's Zhuzhong Station).

Around the station

Black Bat Squadron Memorial Hall The Black Bat Squadron Memorial Hall () is a memorial hall dedicated to Black Bat Squadron Black Bat Squadron (), formally the 34th Squadron, was a squadron of CIA reconnaissance plane pilots and crew based in Taiwan during the Cold War. C ...

Hsinchu City Art Site of Railway Warehouse The Hsinchu City Art Site of Railway Warehouse () is a historical warehouse in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China ...

Hsinchu Performing Arts Center The Hsinchu Performing Arts Center () is an art center in North District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. History The center was originally established as the Hsinchu City Performance Hall. It was then placed under the Performing Arts Section of the Bur ...

Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral The Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, also known as the Vimalagiri Cathedral or as ''Angathattu Palli'' located at Kottayam is the cathedral of the Diocese of Vijayapuram. Built in the Gothic architectural style, the church has a 172-foot ta ...

National Hsinchu Living Arts Center The National Hsinchu Living Arts Center (NHLAC; ) is an arts center in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. History The center building was originally constructed in 1921 during the Japanese rule. The center was officially opened on 6 March ...

Sister stations

Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreements with Grand Central Terminal in USA since August 2013 and with

Tokyo Station Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...

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