Xinying Station (), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a

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of 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 Xinying District,

Tainan City 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 hist ...

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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 on ...

s as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the

Taiwan Sugar Railways The Taiwan Sugar Railways is a industrial railway operated by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The railway was primarily used in the production of sugar by transporting sugarcane to mills, but some lines also provided passenger service. At its he ...

History

*16 December 1901: The station opened for service as . *20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens. *1 June 1920: The station name was changed to . *1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service. *1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station. *1964: The second-generation station building was expanded. *1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service. *1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes. *1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

Around the station

* Xinying Cultural Center * Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch * Xinying District Office * Xinying Sugar Factory * Xinying High School * Nanguang High School * Xingguo High School * Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School

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