Zhunan () is a railway station in

Miaoli County Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the nort ...

, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. It lies at the northern junction of the Mountain and Coast lines of the West Coast line.

Overview

The station has three island platforms. Although it is a first-class station, the '' Taroko Express'', a variant of the ''

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 ...

'' which passes through the

Taichung line The Taichung line (), also known as the Mountain line (), is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration, which one of two parallel lines in Central Taiwan section offsetting to inland mountain area. It has a total length of 85.5 km, all of w ...

(Mountain line), does not stop at this station.

History

*1902-08-10: The station first opened for service as . It was a wooden station building. *1903-05-25: The section to Byōritsu opened for service. *1920-10-01: The station name was changed to "Chikunan Station". *Due to its location on the Coastal line, the station was upgraded to a first-class station. *1931-03-01: The section between and Chikunan becomes double-tracked. *1935-11-06: Due to the earthquake on 1935-04-24, the station is reconstructed as a concrete building. *1943-04: The new southern station building is constructed. *1949-09: The new northern station building is constructed. *1995-05-22: As part of the double-tracking construction for the Mountain line, the station structure is demolished. *1997-01-01: The new station opens for service. *2001: The southern station building is demolished and relocated to

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. *2007-11: The northern part of the new station is completed. *2009-01: The southern part of the new station is completed. *2009-08-15: The entire station is completed and begins service. *2011-02-26: Due to the celebration of the

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, the station sets a single-day record of 160,000 passengers.

Station layout

Around the station

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Zhonggang Cihyu Temple The Zhonggang Cihyu Temple () is a Chinese temple dedicated to the Goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to sea/ocean. It is located in Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwa ...

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