Xinma railway station explained

Xinma
Native Name:新馬車站
Native Name Lang:zh
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:rail
Type:Train station
Address:Su'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan
Coordinates:24.6153°N 121.8229°W
Owned:Taiwan Railways Administration
Operator:Taiwan Railways Administration
Train Operators:Taiwan Railways Administration
Code:068
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Opened:22 November 1920

Xinma is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line. It is located in Su'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened on 22 November 1920. The current station building was opened on 31 December 1970. Its distance between Su'aoxin Station is only 0.9km, the shortest distance between railway stations in Taiwan.

On 21 October 2018, a train derailment occurred at Xinma Station, killing 18 people and injuring 187.[1] Due to the accident, the station was closed to passenger service on 31 May 2022 to reroute the Yilan line to a shallower curve.[2]

Structure

Sinma Station has a simple reinforced concrete structure building. The station is staffless and managed by nearby Su'aoxin Station.

Around the station

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: By Yong Xiong, Mimi Hsin Hsuan Sun and Sheena McKenzie . At least 18 dead and 178 injured in Taiwan train derailment . CNN. 21 October 2018 .
  2. Web site: 2022-05-09 . 交通部臺灣鐵路管理局 . 2023-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220509050540/https://tip.railway.gov.tw/tra-tip-web/tip/tip009/tip911/newsDtl?newsNo=8ae4cac380a50d4f0180a692f80a00ca . 2022-05-09 .