Puxin railway station

25.004203°N 121.444693°E / 25.004203; 121.444693

Puxin 埔心
General information
Location	208-1 Yongmei Rd. Yangmei, Taoyuan Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Western Trunk line (109)
Distance	73.1 km (45.4 mi) from Keelung
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	10 April 1900 (1900-04-10)[1]
Passengers
11,394 daily (2023) [2]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Zhongli towards Keelung Western Trunk line Yangmei towards Pingtung

Puxin station (traditional Chinese: 埔心車站; simplified Chinese: 埔心车站; pinyin: Bùxīn Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.^[3]

History

The station was opened in 1900 as Anpinzhen (Hetin) station (安平鎮招呼站). It changed its name to the current name on 1 March 1955. The station building on the south entrance was built on 31 January 1986 and an expansion on the north entrance was completed on 9 December 2002.^[1] It is only served by local trains. The station building caught fire on 5 May 2016, and the fire damage was repaired by August 2016.

Around the station

• Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry (2,500 meters; 8,200 ft northwest of the station)
• Puxin Night Market (next to the station)
• Puxin Ranch (1,300 meters; 4,300 ft northwest of the station)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 45. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
2. 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.
3. "Puxin Railway Station – Yangmei City". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2014.