Hualien () is a railway station in

Hualien City Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Oc ...

Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...

, 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 ...

. It is the terminal station of North-link line and the starting station of Taitung line.

Overview

The station has 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 o ...

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 platfo ...

. The station first opened on 17 February 1911 as "Karenkō Station" (). It was rebuilt in 2018 with a modern design and more retail space for food, drink, and gift shops.

Around the station

* Hualien Al-Falah Mosque *

Hualien County Council The Hualien County Council (HLCC; ) is the elected county council of Hualien County, Republic of China 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 ...

Hualien County Stone Sculptural Museum The Hualien County Stone Sculptural Museum () is a museum of stone sculpture in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. History The museum was opened in 2001 as the first stone sculpture museum in Taiwan. Architecture The museum is a two-story b ...

* Hualien Martyrs' Shrine *

Hualien Stadium Hualien Stadium (), as known as Te-hsing Stadium (), is a multi-use sport venue located in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. Notable events * 38th Golden Horse Awards See also * List of stadiums in Taiwan * Sports in Taiwan References

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Port of Hualien The Port of Hualien () is an international port on the Pacific Ocean in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. Its artificial harbor protected by breakwaters was built in 1930–1939. There are 25 wharves in Hualien Port. The annual container volu ...

Tzu Chi University Tzu Chi University (TCU; ) is a private university in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It was founded by the Tzu Chi Foundation (NGO) and is famous in Taiwan for the quality of the medical education it provides. TCU has strong ties with H ...

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Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration Railway stations in Hualien County Rebuilt buildings and structures in Taiwan Hualien City {{Taiwan-railstation-stub