Tainan () is a railway station in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

, Taiwan served by

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...

, and is connected to station for TRA services. Tainan HSR station is about 17 km away from

Tainan railway station Tainan () is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Situated in centre of the old town square of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western ...

Overview

Tainan station was designed by Fei & Cheng Associates and constructed primarily by

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. The total floor area is and is constructed from

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and

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. The station is an elevated structure with two

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s. The roof of the station building and the platform are horizontally connected, and an oval-shaped

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is installed in the center of the station hall.

History

* 2006-11-03: Opened for service. * 2007-01-05: The segment from Banqiao to opened for service. Trains begin stopping at Tainan Station.

Platform layout

Station layout

Shuttle Bus

The station has a Bus stop located nearby Exit 2. *Bus Route **【H31】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Tainan City Hall **【H62】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Chimei Medical Center **【G16】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Guanmiao Junior High School ─ Guanmiao Bus Station ─ Sinhun Bus Station **【R3】 Guanmiao Bus Station ─ HSR Tainan Station ─ Tainan Airport ─ TRA

Tainan Station Tainan () is a railway station in Tainan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Situated in centre of the old town square of Tainan, Tainan Station is the main station of the city and also one of the major stations along the western ...

─ Tainan Bus Station **【R14】 Chang Jung Christian University ─ HSR Tainan Station ─ Downtown Gueiren ─ Guanmiao Bus Station

HSR services

HSR services (1)2xx, (1)3xx, 583, 598, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station.

Around the station

* Provincial Highway No. 86 *

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National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan. The university is best known for engineering, computer science, medicine, and planning and design. As a top university in Taiwan, NCKU has played ...

Aviation Space and Technology Research Center *

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, Tainan campus * Chang Jung Christian University *

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*Taiwan Tainan Detention Center

Image gallery

File:THSR Tainan Station 01.jpg, THSR Tainan Station exterior File:Gateway of Shalun Station.jpg, An inside view of the skyway to Shalun Station File:THSR Tainan Station Waiting area.jpg, The Waiting area of THSR Tainan Station File:THSR 700T train at THSR Tainan Station 20120726.jpg, A northbound train was approaching Tainan Station.

Sources

Dynamic Bus Information System of Tainan

The routes of THSR shuttle bus
(Chinese)

References

{{Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations served by Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations in Tainan Railway stations opened in 2006 Shimizu Corporation