Taoyuan Station

This article is about TRA Taoyuan Station. For high-speed rail station, see THSR Taoyuan Station. For Luobao Line station, see Taoyuan Station (Shenzhen).

Taoyuan 桃園 18x18px
File:Taoyuan temporary station east.JPG
Location	1 Zhongzheng Rd. Taoyuan, Taoyuan City Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railway Administration
Line(s)	Western Line (106)
Distance	57.4 km from Keelung
Platforms	1 Island platform, 2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Other information
Station code	106
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	October 30, 1893 (original) July 26, 2015 (temporary station)
Traffic
Passengers	63,619 daily (2014)

Taoyuan Station (Chinese: 桃園車站; pinyin: Táoyuán Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line, located in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It is also the terminal station of the Linkou Branch Line, and is planned to be a junction station on the future Taoyuan MRT. Because of the massive amount of commuters to and from Taipei, the station is the second busiest station in terms of passenger volume (more than 60,000 a day as of 2014), ranking only behind Taipei Railway Station.

Structure

There are one island platform and two side platforms. The side platform of Linkou Line is outside the station owing to free service. The station is undergoing a massive construction as of 2015. Two elevated island platforms will be built to replace the existing platforms. The tracks for two Taoyuan MRT underground lines are also being built. Because of the construction, the station is temporarily relocated until 2020, when the new platforms and tracks are expected to complete.

Service

All classes of trains stop at the station. Easycard usage for trains along Western Line, Yilan Line, and Pingtung Line is also available at this station.

History

The station began to operate in 1893. In 1905 a new wooden terminal was built to replace the existing terminal. The terminal went through another major renovation in 1962, and was used until 2015, when the construction of new platforms begin.

Around the station

• Chinese Furniture Museum
• Taoyuan Arts Center

Gallery

• 桃園驛.jpg

  The original station building (circa 1945)

• Linkou Line Taoyuan Station.JPG
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• TRA Taoyuan Station North Section Birdview.jpg

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

External links

• TRA Taoyuan Station (Chinese)
• TRA Taoyuan Station (English)

Preceding station		Taiwan Railway Administration		Following station
Yingge toward Keelung		Western Line		Neili toward Kaohsiung
Terminus		Linkou Line		Taoyuan Senior High School toward Linkou