Xizhi Station
Encyclopedia
Xizhi Station or Sijhih Station is railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration
(TRA) Western Line located in Xizhi, New Taipei, Taiwan
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Taiwan Railway Administration
The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...
(TRA) Western Line located in Xizhi, New Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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Overview
The station has two island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
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History
- October 20, 1891: The station opened as Shuifanjiao Pier (水返腳碼頭).
- 1920: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
- April 9, 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
- August 1, 2008: The station begins accepting EasyCardEasyCardThe EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the Taipei Smart Card Corporation for payment on the Taipei MRT, buses, and other public transport services in Taipei since June 2002. Its use has since been expanded to include convenience stores, department stores, supermarkets, and...
as payment for travel
Around the station
- Keelung RiverKeelung RiverKeelung River is a river in northern Taiwan.The Keelung River originates in the mountains west-northwest of the town of Jingtong in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, flows down to a rift valley and then flows ENE to Sandiaoling...
- Xizhi District Office
- Xiufeng High School
- Xizhi Old Street
- Provincial Highway No. 5Provincial Highway No. 5 (Taiwan)Provincial Highway No. 5 is a 28.7 km-long provincial Taiwanese highway that connects Taipei and its nearest port Keelung. Before the expressway system was built, this was the primary route for goods transportation. The road is a major avenue in Taipei city, and is the north-south divide for...