Fengshan Station

Coordinates: 22°37′53″N 120°21′28″E / 22.631431°N 120.357658°E / 22.631431; 120.357658

Fengshan Station
鳳山車站
Location Caogong Rd, No. 68
Fongshan, Kaohsiung
Taiwan
Operated by Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s) Pingtung Line
Distance 5.8 km from Kaohsiung
Platforms 1 island, 1 side
Tracks 3
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Classification 二等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened October 1, 1907 (1907-10-01) (original)
June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22) (temporary station)

Fengshan Station (Chinese: 鳳山車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Fèngshān Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Fòngshan Chejhàn), formerly spelled Fongshan Station, is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Pingtung Line located in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.[1]

History

The ground-level 1935 station building in November 2008

The station was opened on October 1, 1907 as Hōzan Station (鳳山停車場), as part of the first phase of what later became the TRA Pingtung Line. In 1935, a brick station building opened and replaced the original wooden station building, and was expanded twice in 1964 and 1990. The station tracks were electrified between May 3, 1995 (from Kaohsiung to Fengshan) and July 10, 1996 (from Fengshan to Pingtung). Until 1998, this station was also served by the South-North Line (zh:南北平行預備線) of Taiwan Sugar Railways.

A temporary, underground station building was opened on June 22, 2014 at the site of the former Taiwan Sugar Railways platforms as part of the underground relocation of tracks of the southern section of the Taiwan Trunk Line. At the same time, the 1935 ground-level station building was demolished.

Nearby stations

Preceding station   Taiwan Railway Administration   Following station
Terminus
Pingtung Line
toward Fangliao

See also

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References

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