Hamasen station

Hamasen (Chinese: 哈瑪星站; pinyin: Hāmǎxīng) is a metro station and light rail station of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit. It is located in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Hamasen O1/C14 哈瑪星站
Hamasen metro station Hamasen light rail station
General information
Location	Gushan, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Orange line   Circular light rail
Platforms	1 island platform, 2 side platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground, ground level
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	O1, C14
History
Opened	14 September 2008 (2008-09-14) (metro) 16 October 2015 (2015-10-16) (light rail)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Terminus Orange line Yanchengpu towards Daliao Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Penglai Pier-2 outer loop / anticlockwise Circular light rail Shoushan Park inner loop / clockwise

The station name is derived from Hamasen, the historic name of the area.

Station overview

Formerly called Sizihwan station after a nearby scenic area Sizihwan, the metro station was renamed in 2024.^[2] This station was originally planned to be constructed inside the National Sun Yat-sen University. Due to construction issues and oppositions from the university, it was eventually built at the current location instead.

The nearby TRA Kaohsiung Port Station [zh], which opened in 1908 to provide train service in the Kaohsiung Harbor area, ceased operations and was turned into a railway cultural park after service began on the Orange Line.^[3]

The metro station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform.^[4] It is located at the junction of Linhai 2nd Road and Gushan 1st Road and has 2 exits. The station is 282 metres (925 ft) long.^[5]

The light rail station is a ground level station with two side platforms. It is located inside Hamasen Railway Cultural Park.

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Exit 1: Gushan Ferry Station, Gushan Post Office Exit 2: Kaohsiung Customs, Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (near exit 2)
B2	Platform 1	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 1, right for platform 2
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →

Street Level	Side platform
		→ Circular light rail toward Lizihnei (Penglai Pier-2)
		→ Circular light rail toward Lizihnei (Penglai Pier-2)
	Side platform

Around the station

• Takao Railway Museum and Hamasen Railway Cultural Park
• Gushan Triangle Park
• Sky Balcony
• Da'an Park
• International Cruise Terminal
• Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf
• Kaohsiung Harbor Museum
• Kaohsiung Martyrs' Shrine
• Kaohsiung Wude Hall
• Mount Shou
• Sizihwan Tunnel (Old Shoushan Cave)
• Sizihwan Scenic Area
• National Sun Yat-sen University
• Sizhiwan Beach

References

1. 蔡玟君 (October 1, 2015). "確定了！「高雄輕軌」10/16開放試乘、8日起受理預約" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). ETtoday. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. 許宥孺 (2023-11-21). "確定了！高雄5捷運站明年6月改名 「市議會、西子灣站掰了」". 東森新聞雲. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
3. "Old locomotives set to retire from Kaohsiung after 100 years of service". Taiwan News. 2008-11-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
4. 西子灣站. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
5. 西子灣站週邊地圖. 高雄捷運公司. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2010-07-05.

External links

• Hamasen - KRTC-Kaohsiung Metro(in English)

22.6216°N 120.2758°E / 22.6216; 120.2758