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 Pingtung
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

References

1. "車站基本資料集". Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
2. 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
3. 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 September 2018.
4. 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
5. 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. 44. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
6. 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
7. Press Liaison Section, Department of Public Information, Taoyuan City Government (桃園市政府新聞處新聞聯繫科) (27 November 2023). "中壢車站「三鐵共構」預計120年通車 「大月台」方案達成同一月台轉乘" ["Tri-Rail Interchange" at Zhongli Station, scheduled to open in 2031, with a "Large Platform" scheme to achieve cross-platform transfer] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taoyuan City Government. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)