Shulin railway station

Shulin

樹林
Shulin; 樹林
	Shulin Station Entrance
General information
Location	Shulin, New Taipei; Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railway Administration;
Line(s)	Western Line (103);
Distance	40.9 km from Keelung
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
Other information
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	August 25, 1901 (original); September 27, 1997 (present building)
Passengers
	27,122 daily (2023)

Shulin Station (Chinese: 樹林車站; pinyin: Shùlín Chēzhàn) is a station on the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Overview

The station has two island platforms and a side platform. The side platform opened on May 3, 2007, but is only rarely used for terminating trains. The cross station-type building allows passengers to buy tickets on the second floor with connections to platforms at ground level. The station is also the origin station for most eastbound trains to Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung.

History

August 25, 1901: Opened as "Shulin Dropping Station"
June 1, 1902: Name changed to "Shulin Stopping Station"
December 1940: Name changed to "Shulin Station"
January 1, 1955: Designated as a 2nd level (2nd) station
January 1, 1966: Designated as a 2nd level (1st) station
July 1, 1985: Designated as a 1st level station
July 26, 1994: The old station was demolished. The station was moved into a temporary structure.
March 14, 1997: Shulin Yard begins operations. The Eastern Line terminus is shifted from Banqiao to Shulin.
September 27, 1997: The new cross-station type building opens.
May 3, 2007: The third platform opens.
June 20, 2008: The Taipei-Shulin segment begins trials with payment using the EasyCard.
July 2009: A lunchbox counter opens on Platform 2.
March 26, 2010: EasyCard usage officially begins.

Platform configuration

1	1A	■ Western Line (Southbound)	toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
1	1A	■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	terminus
2	1B	■ Western Line (Southbound)	toward Taichung, Kaohsiung
3	2A	■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	toward Taipei, Keelung
4	2B	■ Western Line (Northbound)	toward Taipei, Keelung
		■ Eastern Line (Southbound)	toward Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung (via the South-Link Line)
		■ Eastern Line (Northbound)	terminus
5		■ Linkou Line (North/Southbound)	shunting
7	3	■ Eastern Line (North/Southbound)	terminus

Around the Station

Shulin City Office
Shulin Baoan Temple
Shulin Junior High School
Shuren School of Home Economics (Private)
Shulin Datong Science Park (formerly Shulin Winery)
Banqiao Xikun Junior High School
Shulin High School

Nearby stations

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References

^ 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 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.

External links

24°59′29.32″N 121°25′30.06″E / 24.9914778°N 121.4250167°E / 24.9914778; 121.4250167

[traridership-1] 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 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.

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