Xike railway station
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 汐科 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Xizhi technology park | ||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 182 Sec 2 Datong Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°03′46″N 121°38′48″E / 25.0627°N 121.6466°E | ||||||||||
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Distance | 14.6 km to Keelung[1] | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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Station code | A064 (statistical) | ||||||||||
Classification | Simple (Chinese: 簡易)[2] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 30 December 2007[3] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2017 | 6.212 million per year[4] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 20 out of 228 | ||||||||||
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Xike (Chinese: 汐科) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Located near Xizhi's technology park, it experiences heavy traffic during the morning and early evening rush hours.
Construction
[edit]Construction started in June 2005 and finished on schedule in December 2007.[5] During planning the names South Xizhi Station (南汐止站) and Xizhi Technology Park (汐科園區站) were mooted, but eventually the name Xike Station (汐科站) was chosen.
Usage
[edit]Media reports have highlighted Xike Station as part of the "MRT-ization" plan for Taiwan's urban railways, offering convenient transport for commuters, spurring new residential construction, and raising property prices in the vicinity of the station.[6] This station only stops Local Trains.
Future expansion
[edit]The planned Minsheng–Xizhi line of the Taipei Metro (MRT) system would see Xike Station transformed into a TRA and MRT interchange station.[7]
Around the station
[edit]Farglory U-Town (next to the station)
Acer Inc. Headquarters (300m to the south)
Oriental Science Park (450m to the southeast)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ 汐止高架車站工程. Railway Reconstruction Bureau (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Xizhi – Xike Station (in Chinese), New Taipei City government, archived from the original on 3 December 2012
- ^ 「台鐵捷運化」 房仲看好汐科站房市後市, Independence Evening Post (in Chinese)
- ^ 民生汐止線路線說明 (in Chinese), Department of Rapid Transit Systems
External links
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- TRA Xike Station (in Chinese)
- Taiwan Railways Administration(in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean)