Pingtung 屏東 ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 屏東 | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 62 Gongyong Rd Pingtung City, Pingtung County Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°40′08″N 120°29′10″E / 22.6689°N 120.4860°E | ||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 420.8 km to Keelung via Taichung[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||
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Station code | P05 (statistical) | ||||||||||||||||
Classification | First class (Chinese: 一等)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 24 December 1913[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 5 October 1962 23 August 2015[4] | ||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 10 July 1996[5] | ||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Heitō (Japanese: 屏東) | ||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 7.387 million per year[6] ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Rank | 14 out of 228 | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Pingtung Location within Taiwan |
Pingtung (Chinese: 屏東; pinyin: Píngdōng) is a railway station in Pingtung County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways.
Overview

The first Pingtung Station building, built in 1913

The second Pingtung Station building, built in 1962
The station has two island platforms. The station was rebuilt on elevated tracks on 23 August 2015.
History
- 20 December 1913: The station opened as Akō Station (Japanese: 阿緱驛).
- 1 October 1920: Because the location was east of Mount Banping, the area and station became known as Heitō (屏東, "Ping-East", hence "Pingtung").
- 5 October 1962: Station rebuilt.
- 23 August 2015: Station rebuilt on elevated tracks.
Platform layout
1 | 1A | ■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic) |
Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien |
2 | 1B | ■ West Coast line (southbound) ■ South-link line (southbound) ■ East Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (southbound through traffic) |
Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien |
■ West Coast line (northbound departure) | Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Ershui | ||
3 | 2A | ■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) ■ East Coast line (southbound through traffic) |
Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung, Su'ao, Hualien |
4 | 2B | ■ West Coast line (northbound) ■ West Coast line (northbound departure) |
Toward Kaohsiung, Xinzuoying, Chiayi, Douliu, Fengyuan, Qidu, Keelung |
Station Layout
3F | Platform 1A | ■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien |
Island platform | ||
Platform 1B | ■West Coast line / South-link line / East Coast line Toward Chaozhou, Fangliao, Taitung, Hualien | |
Platform 2A | ■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien | |
Island platform | ||
Platform 2B | ■West Coast line / East Coast line Toward Kaohsiung, Taichung, Keelung, Hualien | |
2F | Concourse | Turnstile, Waiting room, Shopping Center, Toilets, Railway Police Bureau |
1F | Lobby | Entrance/Exit Ticket office, Ticket machine, Station Master, Tourism Bureau, Baggage room, Shopping Center, Toilets |
Around the station
- National Pingtung University, Minsheng Campus
- Pingtung Art Museum
- Pingtung County Government
- Pingtung County Council
- Pingtung Performing Arts Center
- Pingtung Tutorial Academy
- Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial
- Pingtung Night Market
- Tangrong Elementary School
- Zhongzheng Elementary School
- Bus transfer stations
See also
References
- ↑ 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ 車站數-按等級別分 (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ 車站介紹. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ 屏潮計畫. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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