Taitung () is a

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. It lies at the junction of the Hualien-Taitung line and the

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Taitung City Taitung City () is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of th ...

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island ...

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History

During the construction work of the back part of Taitung Station in 1980, a historic settlement area was discovered when graveyard containing several thousand slate coffins was unearthed, with some bodies still laid within. Around 20,000 pieces of jade, pottery and stone tools were also found. This had caught the attention of the government to carry out archaeological work and build a

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to preserve the artifacts. The area officially opened in 1997 as the

Beinan Cultural Park Beinan Cultural Park () is an archeological site in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan. The park is the site for the largest and most complete prehistoric settlement ever discovered in Taiwan, with over 10,000 m2 and more than 1,600 burial si ...

Structure

There are three

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s. The station also features

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s installed on 12 buildings within its parameters which covers an area of 8,652 m² and an installed generation capacity of 1.51 MW.

Service

*Currently a 1st Grade Station. **Most trains from

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terminate at this station whilst some continue on to

Zhiben Station Zhiben () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration South-link line located in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 15 July 1985. Around the station * Zhiben Wetlands See also * List of r ...

on the

South-link Line The South-link line () is a line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running across the southern tip of the island of Taiwan, connecting the eastern and western coasts. It is 98.2 km long, of which 81.4 km is single-track. The secti ...

. **Currently Train No 1 and 2 which goes around the entire Taiwan stops at this station to change locomotive head due to the lack of electrification on the

. **The station is equipped with elevators and escalators.

Around the station

* Taitung Forest Park

References

External links

TRA Taitung Station

TRA Taitung Station
{{South-link line navbox 1982 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations in Taitung County Railway stations opened in 1982 Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration