Qidu railway station

Qidu (Chinese: 七堵; pinyin: Qīdǔ; Wade–Giles: C'hi¹tu³) is a railway station in Keelung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railways Administration.

Qidu 七堵
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	七堵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīdǔ Bopomofo ㄑㄧ ㄉㄨˇ Wade–Giles C'hi¹tu³ Southern Min Tâi-lô tshit-tóo
General information
Location	2-1 Dongxin St Qidu District, Keelung Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0931°N 121.7140°E / 25.0931; 121.7140
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	6.0 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	A03 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[2]
History
Opened	20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)[3][4]
Rebuilt	25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)[5]
Passengers
11,521 daily (2023) [6]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Badu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Baifu towards Pingtung
Location Qidu Location within Taiwan

History

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

• 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

• List of railway stations in Taiwan