Pingtung railway station

Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Pingtung 屏東
TRA railway station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	屏東
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Píngdōng Bopomofo ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥ Hakka Romanization Pǐn-dúng (Sixian dialect) Pin-dùng (Hailu dialect) Southern Min Tâi-lô Pîn-tong
General information
Location	62 Gongyong Rd Pingtung City, Pingtung County Taiwan
Coordinates	22.6689°N 120.4860°E / 22.6689; 120.4860
Line(s)	Western Trunk line
Distance	420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	P05 (statistical)
Classification	First class (Chinese: 一等)[2]
Website	www.railway.gov.tw/Pingtung/index.aspx (in Chinese)
History
Opened	24 December 1913; 111 years ago (1913-12-24)[3]
Rebuilt	5 October 1962; 62 years ago (1962-10-05) 23 August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-23)[4]
Electrified	10 July 1996; 29 years ago (1996-07-10)[5]
Previous names	Heitō (Japanese: 屏東)
Passengers
2017	7.387 million per year[6]  1.95%
Rank	14 out of 228
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Terminus Western Trunk line (Pingtung) Guilai towards Fangliao Liukuaicuo towards Keelung Western Trunk line Terminus
Location Pingtung Location within Taiwan

Overview

The first Pingtung Station building, built in 1913

The second Pingtung Station building, built in 1962

The station has two island platforms. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.

History

• 20 December 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
• 1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東; "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
• 5 October 1962: Station rebuilt.
• 23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks.

Platform layout

1	1A	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
		■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Ershui
3	2A	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) ■ East Coast line (southbound through traffic)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung, Su'ao, Hualien
4	2B	■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure)	Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung

Station Layout

3F	Platform 1A	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 1B	■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien
	Platform 2A	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
	Island platform
	Platform 2B	■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien
2F	Concourse	Turnstile, Waiting room, Shopping Center, Toilets, Railway Police Bureau
1F	Lobby	Entrance/Exit Ticket office, Ticket machine, Station Master, Tourism Bureau, Baggage room, Shopping Center, Toilets

Around the station

• National Pingtung University, Minsheng Campus
• Pingtung Art Museum
• Pingtung County Government
• Pingtung County Council
• Pingtung Performing Arts Center
• Pingtung Tutorial Academy
• Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial
• Pingtung Night Market
• Tangrong Elementary School
• Zhongzheng Elementary School
• Bus transfer stations

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan