Qidu railway station
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Qidu 七堵  | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 七堵 | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-1 Dongxin St Qidu District, Keelung Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°05′35″N 121°42′50″E / 25.0931°N 121.7140°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 6.0 km to Keelung[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Local bus | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | A03 (statistical) | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | First class (Chinese: 一等)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 October 1891[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 25 October 2013[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 11,521 daily (2023) [6] | |||||||||||||||
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Qidu (Chinese: 七堵; pinyin: Qīdǔ; Wade–Giles: C'hi¹tu³) is a railway station in Keelung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railways Administration.
History
[edit]The station was opened in 1891, during Qing rule. It serves the area of Qidu. In Japanese rule, the station name was pronounced as Shichito in Japanese, then romanisation as Chitu after WWII until 2003. It is now the origin station for most of the southbound trains on the West Coast line, after the new station was completed in 2007.
Around the station
[edit]- National Keelung Commercial & Industrial Vocational Senior High School (next to the station)
- Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation headquarter office (300m to the west)
- Qidu Night Market (350m to the northeast)
- Qidu Railway Memorial Park (400m to the northeast)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 1 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 桃園縣縣定古蹟龜崙嶺鐵道橋遺構調查研究暨修復計畫. Department of Cultural Affairs (in Chinese). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ 車站簡介. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
External links
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