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Xinying railway station

Xinying Station (), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of Taiwan Railway West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

Overview

The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.

History

  • 16 December 1901: The station opened for service as .
  • 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
  • 1 June 1920: The station name was changed to .
  • 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
  • 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
  • 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
  • 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
  • 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
  • 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

Around the station

  • Xinying Cultural Center
  • Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
  • Xinying District Office
  • Xinying Sugar Factory
  • Xinying High School
  • Nanguang High School
  • Xingguo High School
  • Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School

See also

References

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