Xizhi () is a railway station in
Xizhi District
Xizhi () is an inner city district in eastern New Taipei City in northern Taiwan, and is located between Taipei City and Keelung City. Compared to most districts in eastern New Taipei, which are very sparsely populated, Xizhi is one of the mo ...
,
New Taipei
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...
,
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 nort ...
served by
Taiwan Railways.
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.
History
*20 October 1891: The station opened as Tsui-tng-ka Pier ().
*1920: (during
Japanese rule) The name was changed to .
*1945: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
*9 April 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
*1 August 2008: The station begins accepting
EasyCard
The EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the EasyCard Corporation, which was previously named the "Taipei Smart Card Corporation", for payment on the Taipei Metro (also known as "''Taipei MRT''", or "Taipei Rapid Transit Syst ...
as payment for travel
Around the station
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Keelung River
The Keelung River () is a river in northern Taiwan.
The Keelung River originates in the mountains west-northwest of the town of Jingtong in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, flows down to a rift valley and then flows ENE to Sandiaoling. Then ...
*Xizhi District Office (350m to the southwest)
*Xiufeng High School (next to the station)
*Xizhi Old Street (200m to the northeast)
*Xizhi Night Market (200m to the southwest)
*
Provincial Highway No. 5 (200m to the south)
*Shuifanjiao Park (250m to the north)
See also
*
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
External links
TRA Xizhi StationTaiwan Railways Administration
1891 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations opened in 1891
Railway stations in New Taipei
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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