Qiaotou Station

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File:TRA CiaoTou Station.jpg TRA Qiaotou Station
Location	Qiaotou, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railway Administration Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Red Line (R23)      Western Line (181)
Distance	382.0 km from Keelung
Platforms	2 island platforms 1 side platform
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Elevated/At-Grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Classification	三等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	TRA: May 15, 1901 MRT: March 9, 2008
Traffic
Passengers	MRT: 6,490 daily (Jan. 2011)

Qiaotou Station
Traditional Chinese	橋頭火車站/橋頭車站
Simplified Chinese	桥头火车站/桥头车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qiaótóu Huŏchēzhàn/Qiaótóu Chēzhàn Wade–Giles Ciao2tou2 Huo3ch'ê1chan4/Ciao2tou2 Ch'ê1chan4 Bopomofo ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ/ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ

Qiaotou Station (Chinese: 橋頭車站; pinyin: Qiáotóu Chēzhàn) is a railway station located in Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.

Station overview

File:KRTC CiaoTou Station TrainOnPlatform.jpg

A Kaohsiung MRT train at the platform.

This three-level station is serves the TRA and Kaohsiung MRT. TRA services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an island platform. It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.

Station layout

3F	Platform 1	← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Red Line toward Gangshan South (Terminus) →
2F
	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near Exit 2)
Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
	Side Platform
	Platform 1	→ TRA Western Line toward Taichung, Taipei (Gangshan) →
	Platform 2A	← TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)
	Island Platform
	Platform 2B	← TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)

Exits

• Exit 1: Ciaotou Sugar Refinery (West Exit)
• Exit 2: TRA Qiaotou Station (East Exit)

History

TRA Station

• May 15, 1901 : Opened for service.

KMRT Station

• March 9, 2008 : Red Line between Qiaotou and Xiaogang opened.

Around the station

• Qiaotou Township Office
• Taiwan Sugar Kaohsiung Factory
• Qiaotou Junior High School
  • Qiaotou Junior High School Swimming Pool
• Qiaotou Elementary School
• Qiaotou Old Street
• Station Front Retail Building
• Hongren Hospital
• Taiwan Power Company Service Office
• Taiwan Sugar Museum (Kaohsiung)

Nearby stations

Preceding station		Taiwan Railway Administration		Following station
Gangshan toward Keelung		Western Line		Nanzi toward Kaohsiung
Preceding station		Kaohsiung MRT		Following station
Gangshan South Terminus		Red Line		Ciaotou Sugar Refinery toward Siaogang

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

External links

• TRA Ciaotou Station
• KMRT Ciaotou Station (Chinese)