Taichung HSR () is a railway and metro station in

Wuri District Wuri District () is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. Both of the two north–south freeways (National Freeway 1 and National Freeway 3) pass through Wuri. Wuri is also home to a large military training centre, Chengkungling, as w ...

Taichung, Taiwan Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Tai ...

. It is served by

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and the Green Line of the

Taichung Metro The Taichung MRT (also called Taichung Mass Rail Transit or Taichung Metro) is a rapid transit system in Taichung, Taiwan. In addition to Taichung, it may serve Changhua and Nantou counties in the future. Taichung Metro's first route, the Green ...

. The station is adjacent to Xinwuri Station of

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History

The station is elevated and 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 on ...

s. Since all services stop at this station, the passing tracks located between platforms are rarely used to connect trains with the depot to the south. The station has a total area of . The design of the station was carried out by HOY Architects, a

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

based firm. Construction took four years and took $5 billion NTD, making it the most expensive station at the time of its opening. Prior to the opening of

Miaoli Miaoli City (Wade–Giles: ''Miao²-li⁴''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-sṳ''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-chhī'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Miaoli County, Taiwan. Miaoli has a relatively h ...

, Changhua and Yunlin HSR stations in December 2015, this was the only operational high speed rail station in Central Taiwan.

Utilization status

Due to the location of Taichung HSR station, not only can the station service residents of

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

, but it can also service those living in the northern part of

Changhua County Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...

in central Changhua. In addition, the development of Taichung has become increasingly prosperous in recent years. Since 2011, the number of passengers enter/exiting from Taichung HSR station has surpassed the number of passengers enter/exiting from

Zuoying HSR station Zuoying () is a metro and railway station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by Kaohsiung MRT, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railways, where it is known as Xinzuoying (). The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the '' ...

, and its growth continues to accelerate.

Platform layout

Station layout

Metro service

A metro service operated by

is available through an out-of-station transfer. It is the western terminus of the . The HSR concourse could be reached via a bridge through Xinwuri railway station.

HSR services

HSR services 1xx, (1)2xx, (1)3xx, (1)5xx, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station, making this the HSR station with the most services and the only HSR station with all services.

Around the station

* TRA Xinwuri Station *

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* Greater Taichung International Expo Center *

National Freeway 1 National Freeway 1 (), also known as Sun Yat-sen Freeway (), is a freeway in Taiwan, the first freeway built in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung at the intersection of Xiao 2nd Road and Zhong 4th Road and ends in Kaohsiung at the intersection of Zh ...

National Freeway 3 National Freeway 3 (), also known as Formosa Freeway (), is a freeway in Taiwan. It is the second north–south freeway in Taiwan, beginning in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the provincial highway 2 (Jijin Road) and ending in Linbian, Ping ...

* Provincial Highway 74

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References

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