Houli () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
on the
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight Rail transport, railway services on of track. Pa ...
Taichung line
The Taichung line (), also known as the Mountain line (), is a line of the Taiwan Railway. It is one of two parallel lines in Central Taiwan, passing the inland area and Downtown Taichung. It has a total length of , all of which is double track.
...
located in
Houli District
Houli District () is a rural district in northwestern Taichung City, Taiwan.
History
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Houli was organized as a rural township of Taichung County named Neipu Township. On ...
,
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Ce ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. It is the teminus of most of local trains originating from
Chaozhou railway station
Chaozhou () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Pingtung line located in Chaozhou Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
History
The station was opened on 22 February 1920.
Around the station
* Bada Forest Paradise ...
. It has two platforms used by trains and another unused platform rarely used by railway maintenance vehicles and trains. This station directly connected to the Houli science park which is a part of
Central Taiwan Science Park
The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP; ) is an industrial park in Taiwan.
The Central Taiwan Science Park opened in 2003. Around 53,000 people work in the park in 2022, which spans an area of 1,486 hectares. In 2021, Taiwan Semiconductor Manu ...
.
History
The train station was opened on 15 May 1905. On 4 January 2018, a truck-mounted
crane collapsed on overhead power line at the station causing blackout and disrupting electricity supply and train services.
Around the station
*
Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum
*
See also
*
List of railway stations in Taiwan
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
References
Railway stations in Taichung
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1905
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