Hsinchu railway station

This article is about the TRA station. For the THSR station with the same name, see Hsinchu HSR station.

Hsinchu (Chinese: 新竹; pinyin: Xīnzhú; Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-chu²) is a railway station in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. Hsinchu Station is a major station on the West Coast line and the western terminus of the Neiwan line.

Hsinchu 新竹
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	新竹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnzhú Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊ Wade–Giles Hsin¹-chu² Hakka Romanization Xín-zùg (Sixian dialect) Sìn-zhug (Hailu dialect) Southern Min Tâi-lô Sin-tik
General information
Location	445 Sec 2 Zhonghua Rd East District, Hsinchu City[1] Taiwan
Coordinates	24.8016°N 120.9716°E / 24.8016; 120.9716[1]
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	106.4 km to Keelung[2]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	115 (three-digit)[1] 1025 (four-digit)[1] A29 (statistical)[3]
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[4]
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Hsinchu/ (in Chinese)
History
Opened	30 October 1893 (1893-10-30)[5]
Rebuilt	1913 (1913)[5]
Electrified	9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[6]
Previous names	Shinchiku (Japanese: 新竹)
Passengers
2017	15.020 million per year[3]  0.86%
Rank	7 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station North Hsinchu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Sanxingqiao towards Kaohsiung Terminus Neiwan line North Hsinchu towards Neiwan
Location Hsinchu Location within Taiwan

Structure

There are two island platforms and one side platform, as well as the historic fourth-generation European-style station building which opened in 1913, during Japanese rule.^[5]

Service

Except Tzu-Chiang Limited Express southbound 133, 143, northbound 138, and some Taroko Expresses, all other trains stop at Hsinchu Station. It is also the main destination of commuter local trains in Northern Taiwan. Neiwan line trains travel from this station to Neiwan Station. Connection to the THSR Hsinchu Station is available through Liujia line (which branches off from the Neiwan line's Zhuzhong Station).

Around the station

• Black Bat Squadron Memorial Hall
• Hsinchu City Art Site of Railway Warehouse
• Hsinchu Performing Arts Center
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral
• National Hsinchu Living Arts Center

Sister stations

Hsinchu Station has "sister station" agreements with Grand Central Terminal in USA since August 2013 and with Tokyo Station in Japan since February 12, 2015.^[7][8][9]

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan