Shalu railway station

Railway station located in Taichung, Taiwan.

24°14′13.2″N 120°33′27.3″E / 24.237000°N 120.557583°E / 24.237000; 120.557583Owned byTaiwan Railways AdministrationOperated byTaiwan Railways AdministrationLine(s) Western Trunk lineDistance68.5 km from ZhunanTrain operatorsTaiwan Railways AdministrationHistoryOpened25 December 1920 (1920-12-25)^[1]Passengers4,777 daily (2014)^[2]

Shalu (Chinese: 沙鹿車站; pinyin: Shālù Chēzhàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soa-la̍k Chhia-chām) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line (Coastal line). It was built in May 1919 and is located in Shalu District, Taichung, Taiwan.

Structure

The station was first built as a wooden structure due to the extreme slopes.

Service

Services began in December 1920 for passengers and cargo.^[1]^[3]

Around the station

Hungkuang University
Mitsui Outlet Park Taichung
Providence University

References

^ ^a ^b 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 59. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ Shalu Station Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine