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