Keelung railway station

Railway station in Keelung, Taiwan

Keelung

基隆

TRA railway station

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

基隆

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīlóng
Bopomofo	ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ

General information

Location

5 Gangxi Street
Ren'ai, Keelung
Taiwan

Coordinates

Local bus
Coach

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Other information

Station code

0900^[2]

Classification

First class (Chinese: 一等)^[3]

History

Opened

20 October 1891; 132 years ago (1891-10-20)^[4]^[5]

Rebuilt

29 June 2015; 8 years ago (2015-06-29)

Electrified

9 January 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-09)^[6]

Key dates

1899

Rebuilt

1908

Rebuilt

March 1965

Rebuilt

Passengers

2017

5.699 million per year^[7]

0.15%

Rank

24 out of 228

Services

Preceding station	Taiwan Railway			Following station
Terminus		Western Trunk line		Sankeng towards Pingtung

Location

Keelung

Location within Taiwan

Keelung Station (Chinese: 基隆車站; pinyin: Jīlóng chēzhàn) is a railway station in Ren'ai District, Keelung, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. The station was built in 1891, and has gone through several renovations.

Overview

The station has three stories (two aboveground, one underground).

Platform layout

1
2
3
4

1A
1B
2A
2B

■ West Coast line (southbound departure)

Toward Qidu, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung

History

20 October 1891: A station to the north of the current station was opened (Keelung Train Pier, Chinese: 雞籠火車碼頭) when the railroad segment from Keelung to Tsui-tng-ka Pier was completed.
20 October 1893: The rail line from Keelung to Taipeh (Taipei) was completed.
30 October 1908: The third-generation station (with clock tower) was opened for service. The style is similar to Hsinchu and Taichung stations, which opened at around the same time.
April 1914: The rail line from Keelung to Haccho was completed.
23 January 1967: The fourth-generation station was completed.
1968: Station underpass was completed.
5 April 1968: The Keelung Railway Restaurant was added to the station.
6 June 1985: The aforementioned restaurant closed.
8 June 2013: One of the station's footbridges collapsed, injuring one woman and delaying the train schedule.^[8]
29 June 2015: The current (fifth-generation) station was completed, at a new location to the south of Zhong 1st Road.^[9] The NT$2.6 billion project included 1.5 km (0.93 mi) of track, including the route to Sankeng Station, and the elimination of two level crossings.^[10]^[11] The previous station will be converted into an art exhibition venue.^[12]

Around the station

Keelung City Government
Keelung City Council
Keelung Civic Plaza
Keelung City Tourism Center
Keelung Station Circle
Keelung Transfer Station
YM Oceanic Culture and Art Museum
Keelung Cultural Center
Keelung Fort Commander's Official Residence
Huzishan Keelung Landmark
Keelung Night Market
Renai Market
Kanziding Fish Market
Keelung East Coast Shopping Mall (基隆東岸商場)
Port of Keelung
- Keelung Maritime Plaza
- Keelung Harbor Building
- Border Square (國門廣場)
- West Passenger Terminal
- West coast ports and storage
Zhong 1st Road Harbor Trail
Hsieh-ho Power Plant

References

^ 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "TRA WebSite - tw" 交通部臺灣鐵路管理局_首頁>旅客服務>車站與周邊資訊>基隆. Taiwan Railways Administration. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
^ 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Footbridge collapses at Keelung train station, one woman injured". The China Post. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Keelung Project". Railway Reconstruction Bureau. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
^ 基隆計畫. Railway Reconstruction Bureau. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
^ "TRA station inaugurated in Keelung". Taiwan Today. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
^ "Colorful Exit". Formosa English News. Formosa Television. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.