Sankeng railway station

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Train station
TRA Sankeng Station entrance 20080803.jpg
General information
LocationRen'ai, Keelung, Taiwan
Coordinates25°07′23″N 121°44′31″E / 25.123081°N 121.742°E / 25.123081; 121.742Coordinates: 25°07′23″N 121°44′31″E / 25.123081°N 121.742°E / 25.123081; 121.742
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)     Western Trunk line
Platforms1 island
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened3 May 2009 (2009-05-03)[1]
Passengers
2,425 daily (2014)[2]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Keelung
Terminus
Western Trunk line Badu
towards Pingtung

Sankeng (Chinese: 三坑車站; pinyin: Sānkēng Chēzhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-kheⁿ Chhia-chām) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Ren'ai District, Keelung City, Taiwan.[3]

History

The station was opened on 9 May 2003, as a result of TRA's policy of transforming its railroad lines into MRT-type railroad. The only train that stops at this station is the local train.[1]

Platform layout

1 1A West Coast line (southbound departure) Toward Qidu, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
2 1B West Coast line (northbound departure) Toward Keelung

Around the station

  • Keelung Miaokow Night Market (Chinese: 基隆廟口/廟口夜市)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 蘇昭旭. 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 33. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
  2. ^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Panoramio - Photo of sankeng station 三坑車站". panoramio.com. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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