Miaoli () is a railway station in
Miaoli County
Miaoli is a county (Taiwan), county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is bordered by Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is Regions of Taiwan, classified as "central Taiwan" by t ...
, Taiwan served by
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is a high-speed railway network in Taiwan, which consists of a single line that runs approximately along the western coast of the island, from the capital Taipei in the north to the southern city of Kaohsiung. Its c ...
. Transfers to
Fengfu railway station can be made at this station, which links to
Miaoli railway station located in
Miaoli City
Miaoli City (Wade–Giles: ''Miao²-li⁴-shih⁴''; Hakka Chinese, Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ, PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-sṳ''; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-chhī'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-chhī''; Japanese language, Japanese Byōritsushi) is a cou ...
.
Overview
Due to funding problems, Miaoli Station was not constructed when Taiwan High Speed Rail first opened for service in 2007, and the detailed design began in 2010. Construction began on 28 January 2013,
and the station opened on 1 December 2015.
The station consists of one elevated main station and two
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...
s. Availability of high speed rail reduced travel time between Miaoli County and Taipei City to 43-49 minutes.
To allow transfers to
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Fengfu railway station was moved approx. 400 meters north of its original location on 10 September 2016 to connect with the HSR station.
Station layout
HSR services
The station is only served by trains which stop at all stations. It is normally served by 8xx trains which stop at all stations on the Taiwan High Speed Rail, and occasionally served by (1)5xx trains which depart/terminate at
Taichung HSR station
Taichung HSR () is a railway and metro station in Wuri District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is served by Taiwan High Speed Rail and the Green line of the Taichung MRT. The station is adjacent to Xinwuri station of Taiwan Railway.
History
The de ...
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Around the station
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Hakka Round House
The Hakka Round House is a Hakka building in Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
History
The house was built by Miaoli County Government and was opened on 25 October 2014 with a cost of NT$130 million. In 2015, the county government ...
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Yingtsai Academy
The Yingtsai Academy () is a former Academies of Classical Learning, tutorial academy in Houlong, Houlong Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Architecture
The academy was designed with Southern Min architectural style with a cost of NT$91 million. ...
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TRA Tra or TRA may refer to:
Biology
* TRA (gene), in humans encodes the protein T-cell receptor alpha locus
* Tra (gene), in ''Drosophila melanogaster'' encodes the protein female-specific protein transformer
* Tra gene, a transfer gene
* Triple rel ...
Fengfu Station
See also
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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 served by Taiwan High Speed Rail
Railway stations in Miaoli County
Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 2015
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