Tanzi (Chinese: 潭子車站; pinyin: Tánzi Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line (Mountain line) located in Tanzi District, Taichung City, Taiwan. The station was once the eastern terminal for the now defunct TRA Shengang line. The current station is located on ground level. As part of the elevatization process of the West Coast line, a new elevated Tanzi Station is currently under construction and will open on 29 March 2016.
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Location | Tanzi, Taichung Taiwan | ||||||||||
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Distance | 184.1 km from Keelung | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 closed) | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade (will be elevated in future) | ||||||||||
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Classification | 三等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) | ||||||||||
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Opened | 15 May 1905 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Tanshiken-eki (潭子墘駅) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
4,547 daily (2023) [1] | |||||||||||
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Platform Layout
edit1 | 1A | ■ West Coast line (southbound) | Towards Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
■ West Coast line (southbound Sea line, through Chengzhui line) | Towards Zhuifen, Shalu, Dajia, Tongxiao | ||
■ West Coast line (southbound) | Towards Fangliao, Taitung (via South-link line) | ||
2 | 1B | ■ West Coast line (northbound) | Towards Fengyuan, Hsinchu, Taipei, Keelung |
■ West Coast line (southbound) | Towards Yilan, Taitung, Fangliao, Kaohsiung (via South-link line) |
Train services
editAs a minor station, Tanzi Station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.
Around the station
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
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