Xizhi railway station

Xizhi (Chinese: 汐止) is a railway station in Xizhi District, New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.

Xizhi 汐止
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	汐止
Literal meaning	Tide stops
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xìzhǐ Bopomofo ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ Wade–Giles Hsi⁴chih³ Southern Min Tâi-lô Sı̍k-tsí
General information
Location	1 Xinyi Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan
Coordinates	25.0680°N 121.6614°E / 25.0680; 121.6614
System	TRA railway station
Line	Western Trunk line
Distance	13.1 km to Keelung[1]
Connections	Local bus Coach
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	A06 (statistical)
Classification	Second class (Chinese: 二等)[2]
History
Opened	20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)[3][4]
Rebuilt	9 April 2006 (2006-04-09)[5]
Electrified	9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[6]
Passengers
21,780 daily (2024) [7]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Wudu towards Keelung Western Trunk line Xike towards Pingtung
Location Xizhi Location within Taiwan

Overview

Xizhi Station platforms

The station has two island platforms.

History

• 20 October 1891: The station opened as Tsui-tng-ka Pier (Chinese: 水返腳碼頭).
• 1920: (during Japanese rule) The name was changed to Shiodome Station (Japanese: 汐止駅, Hepburn: Shiodome-eki).
• 1945: The name was changed to the current "Xizhi Station".
• 9 April 2006: Following the construction of the elevated station, the new tracks and station came into service.
• 1 August 2008: The station begins accepting EasyCard as payment for travel

Around the station

• Keelung River
• Xizhi District Office (350m to the southwest)
• Xiufeng High School (next to the station)
• Xizhi Old Street (200m to the northeast)
• Xizhi Night Market (200m to the southwest)
• Provincial Highway No. 5 (200m to the south)
• Shuifanjiao Park (250m to the north)

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan