Fulong () is a

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 ...

Yilan line The Yilan Line () is the northern section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration in Taiwan. It has a length of 95 km. History This railroad was completed in 1924 as the Giran-sen during Imperial Japanese rule over Taiwan. ...

station, located at Fulong Village,

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Structure

* Two

island platforms 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 ...

Service

* Currently, (2013) the station is classified as a third-class station by TRA standards.

History

* Original station name was ''Washi'' (控子) in Japanese during construction, but the correct character is 挖子. * On 30 November 1924, the station was opened under the name ''Okutei'' (澳底; ), which is a fishing port located 6 km north to this station. * On 1 December 1952, the station name was changed into the current name. * On 25 July 2005, reconstruction of the station's main structure was finished. This reconstruction was managed by the

Northeast Coast National Scenic Area The Northeast Coast National Scenic Area () is an area in northeastern Taiwan with special geographical and historical distinction. Location The Scenic Area ranges from Nanya Borough, Ruifang District, New Taipei in the north to North Porth of ...

Administration, and sponsored by Taipower Company. The name board of the station is written in the

imitation Song Imitation Song is a style of Chinese typefaces modeled after a type style in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are technically a type of regular script typeface. It is the standard typeface used in official government documents texts in ...

typeface, which is unique among TRA stations.

Nearby landmarks

* Fulong Beach *

Longmen Nuclear Power Plant The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant (), formerly known as Gongliao and commonly as the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant (), is an unfinished nuclear power plant in New Taipei City, Taiwan. It consists of two ABWRs each of 1,300 MWe net. It is owned ...

Old Caoling Tunnel The Old Caoling Tunnel () is a cycleway tunnel in Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The tunnel was originally constructed as a single-track railway tunnel of Yilan line which was inaugurated in February 1924. It was then later on ...

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{{Yilan line navbox 1924 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations in New Taipei Railway stations opened in 1924 Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration

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