Shifen railway station () is a railway station located in
Pingxi District
Pingxi District (; also spelled Pinghsi), is a rural district in New Taipei, Taiwan. The source of the Keelung River is in Jingtong, which is inside Pingxi District. It was an important coal mining town in the early 20th century. Its populatio ...
,
New Taipei
New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest s ...
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. It is located on the
Pingxi line
The Pingxi Line () is a 12.9 km long, single-track railway branch line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. It runs through Ruifang and Pingxi Districts in New Taipei City.
History
The railroad was originally built to transport coal. It w ...
and is operated by the
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 ...
.
Around the station
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Taiwan Coal Mine Museum
The Taiwan Coal Mine Museum () is a museum about coal mining in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
History
The museum used to be the coal mining site during the later stage of Pingxi Era of Tai-Yiang Mining Inc called the New Pingxi Mi ...
References
1929 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations opened in 1929
Railway stations in New Taipei
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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