Chiayi railway station explained

Chiayi
Native Name:	嘉義
Native Name Lang:	zh-tw
Mlanguage:	Chiayi T: 嘉義 Bpmf: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄧˋ P: Jiāyì Tl: Ka-gī
Symbol Location:	tw
Symbol:	tra
Type:	TRA and Alishan Forest railway station
Address:	528 Zhongshan Rd
Borough:	West District, Chiayi
Country:	Taiwan
Coordinates:	23.4791°N 120.4411°W
Distance:	291.8 km to Keelung via Taichung^[1] (TRA)
Structure:	Ground level
Code:	A63 (TRA statistical)
Classification:	First class (TRA)^[2]
Opened:	1902^[3]
Rebuilt:	1933
Electrified:	1978-12-19^[4]
Passengers:	7.668 million per year^[5]
Pass Percent:	-1.10
Pass Rank:	13 out of 228
Pass Year:	2017
Pass System:	TRA
Map Type:	Taiwan

Chiayi is a railway station in Chiayi, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways and Alishan Forest Railway.

History

The station was firstly constructed in 1896 and opened on 20 April 1902 with service on the West Coast line. The station was a single-story wooden structure with Japanese style with slant roof and rain-shield walls. The rail line connected to the station roughly divides Chiayi City into two regions. The region located in front of the station prospered as the city business district, while the region located behind the station was scarcely developed. Service to the Alishan Forest Railway began in 1912 from the station. The station was renovated in June 1933 to its current structure. The station is undergoing construction to be an elevated station and will be done in September 2026. c^[6]

Architecture

The station is located 30 metres above sea level.^[7] The at-grade station has one island platform and one side platform.

It is a steel concrete structure with classical symmetry design, simple gables, geometric totems and streamlined modern design. The platform roofs of the railway station were constructed with the railway tracks.

Around the station

• Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse
• Chia-Le-Fu Night Market
• Chiayi Art Museum
• Chiayi City Council
• Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park
• Chiayi Jen Wu Temple
• Museum of Old Taiwan Tiles
• Renyitan Dam
• Taiwan Hinoki Museum
• Wenhua Road Night Market

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

External links

• Chiayi Station (Chinese)
• Chiayi Station (English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: zh:各站營業里程-1.西部幹線 . https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=3611&n=6832 . Taiwan Railways Administration . 1 September 2018 . zh . 11 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175302/https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=3611&n=6832 . 29 August 2018 . dead .
2. Web site: zh:車站數-按等級別分 . https://www.railway.gov.tw/Upload/UserFiles/106t3.pdf . Taiwan Railways Administration . 30 October 2018 . zh . https://web.archive.org/web/20181030131227/https://www.railway.gov.tw/Upload/UserFiles/106t3.pdf . 30 October 2018 . dead .
3. Web site: zh:車站沿革 . https://www.railway.gov.tw/Chiayi/CP.aspx?SN=11107 . Taiwan Railways Administration . 3 September 2018 . zh . 11 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903150808/https://www.railway.gov.tw/Chiayi/CP.aspx?SN=11107 . 3 September 2018 . dead .
4. Web site: zh:臺灣鐵路電訊 . https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=3634&n=6842 . Taiwan Railways Administration . 4 September 2018 . zh . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192100/https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=3634&n=6842 . 4 September 2018 . dead .
5. Web site: zh:臺鐵統計資訊 . https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=7460&n=6886 . Taiwan Railways Administration . 1 September 2018 . zh . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174205/https://www.railway.gov.tw/tw/CP.aspx?sn=7460&n=6886 . 30 August 2018 . dead .
6. http://travel.chiayi.gov.tw/EN/spotsContent.aspx?id=19&chk=9969856e-0850-4801-aa46-bf5161db70ba{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
7. Web site: Stations on the line. 2012. Z.X.. Su. Alishan Forest Railway. 20 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084232/https://www.railway.gov.tw/Alishan-en/CP.aspx?sn=18149&n=20695. 20 October 2017. dead.