Zhongli railway station

This article is about the station in Taoyuan. For the station in Yilan with the same spelling, see Zhongli railway station (Yilan).

Zhongli (Chinese: 中壢; pinyin: Zhōnglì) is a railway station in Taoyuan, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways Administration. It is the third-busiest station in Taiwan's rail network. It is also a planned terminus for Taoyuan Airport MRT of the Taoyuan Metro, scheduled for completion in 2028. This station is currently at ground level and construction is ongoing to replace it underground as a part of Taoyuan Metropolitan Area Railway Underground Project which is scheduled to be completed in September 2030.

Zhongli 中壢
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中壢
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnglì Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄧˋ
General information
Location	139 Zhonghe Rd Zhongli District, Taoyuan[1] Taiwan
Coordinates	24.9537°N 121.2258°E / 24.9537; 121.2258[1]
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	57.4 km to Keelung[2]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	108 (three-digit)[1] 1017 (four-digit)[1] A20 (statistical)[3]
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[4]
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Jhongli/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened	30 October 1893 (1893-10-30)[5]
Electrified	9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[6]
Passengers
2017	20.241 million per year[3]  0.87%
Rank	3 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Neili towards Keelung Western Trunk line Puxin towards Kaohsiung
Location Zhongli Location within Taiwan

A proposed cross-platform interchange project for Green line and Airport MRT is set to be constructed under Zhongli Station. The station layout will be composed of two island platform, between which a connecting zone set to integrated the two into a single "large platform". Buffer stops will also be placed back-to back between Airport-bound trains and Green Line trains. The scheme is scheduled to complete in 2031.^[7]

Around the station

• Army Academy R.O.C.
• Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology
• Chung Yuan Christian University
• Ching Yun Commercial Center
• Laojie River (about 800 meters west of the station)
• Zhongli Arts Hall
• Zhongli Tourist Night Market (about 1500 meters west of the station)
• Zhongping Commercial District (next to the station)
• Zhongping Road Story House (about 300 meters north-west of the station)
• Zhongzheng Park (about 600 meters north of the station)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan