Puxin station () is a
railway station
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on 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 ...
West Coast line located in
Yangmei District
Yangmei District () is a district in southwestern Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The centre of the district is Yangmei town itself. The traditional residents are Hakka people.
History
Yangmei town was originally established as ''Yangmeili'' () during ...
,
Taoyuan City
Taoyuan () is a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan Distr ...
,
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 no ...
.
History
The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.
It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.
Around the station
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Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry
The Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry () is a pastry culture and making museum in Taiwan.
The museum has two branches in Taiwan, one in Shilin District, Taipei and another in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City.
History
In 1708, ancestor of Ku ...
(2500 meters northwest of the station)
* Puxin Night Market (next to the station)
* Puxin Ranch (1300 meters northwest of the station)
See also
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List of railway stations in Taiwan
There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan:
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ...
References
1900 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations in Taoyuan City
Railway stations opened in 1900
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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