Fulong railway station

25°00′57.4″N 121°56′41.5″E / 25.015944°N 121.944861°E / 25.015944; 121.944861Owned byTaiwan Railways AdministrationOperated byTaiwan Railways AdministrationLine(s)YilanTrain operatorsTaiwan Railways AdministrationHistoryOpened30 November 1924Passengers2,879 daily (2014)[1] Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Gongliao
towards Badu
 Eastern Trunk line Shicheng
towards Taitung
TRA Fulong Station. In this photograph, people are joining Hohaiyan Rock Festival in 2006.

Fulong (Chinese: 福隆車站; pinyin: Fúlóng Chēzhàn) is a Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line station, located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Structure

  • Two island platforms

Service

  • Currently, (2013) the station is classified as a third-class station by TRA standards.[citation needed]

History

  • Original station name was Washi (控子) in Japanese during construction, but the correct character is 挖子.
  • On 30 November 1924, the station was opened under the name Okutei (澳底; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ò-té), which is a fishing port located 6 km north to this station.
  • On 1 December 1952, the station name was changed into the current name.
  • On 25 July 2005, reconstruction of the station's main structure was finished. This reconstruction was managed by the Northeast Coast National Scenic Area Administration, and sponsored by Taipower Company. The name board of the station is written in the imitation Song typeface, which is unique among TRA stations.

Nearby landmarks

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
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