Tainan () is a railway station in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

, 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 ...

, and is connected to station for TRA services. It is near the border between Kaohsiung City and Tainan City. Tainan HSR station is about 17 km away from Tainan railway station.

Overview

Tainan station was designed by Fei & Cheng Associates and constructed primarily by

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. The total floor area is and is constructed from

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and

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. The station is an elevated structure with 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. The roof of the station building and the platform are horizontally connected, and an oval-shaped

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is installed in the center of the station hall.

History

* 2006-11-03: Opened for service. * 2007-01-05: The segment from Banqiao to opened for service. Trains begin stopping at Tainan Station.

Platform layout

Station layout

Shuttle Bus

The station has a Bus stop located nearby Exit 2. *Bus Route **【32】 HSR Tainan Station ─ The Indigenous Culture Museum **【62】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Chimei Medical Center **【H31】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Tainan City Hall **【G16】 HSR Tainan Station ─ Guanmiao Junior High School ─ Guanmiao Bus Station ─ Sinhun Bus Station **【R3】 Guanmiao Bus Station ─ HSR Tainan Station ─

Tainan Airport Tainan Airport (; formally "") is a commercial airport located in South District, Tainan, South District, Tainan, Taiwan. It is shared with Republic of China Air Force Tainan Air Force Base, AFB. In January 2011, the Civil Aeronautics Adminis ...

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Tainan Station ─ Tainan Bus Station **【R14】 Chang Jung Christian University ─ HSR Tainan Station ─ Downtown Gueiren ─ Guanmiao Bus Station

HSR services

HSR services (1)2xx, (1)3xx, 583, 598, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station.

Oiran Train Scenic Park

On December 22nd, 2023, the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation opened the Oiran Train Scenic Park at the Tainan HSR Station. It features the 0 series "Oiran" train car that was originally transported from

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for

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and track testing during the construction of Taiwan's high speed rail. The train is one of two 0 series trains located outside of Japan, and was a gift from the West Japan Railway Company. After its service from 2004 to 2006, the train was stored at the HSR Liujia Depot in

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. Restoration on the car by the Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum began in 2017 and completed in 2019.

Around the station

* Provincial Highway No. 86 *

Mitsui Outlet Park Tainan The Mitsui Outlet Park Tainan () is an outlet store, outlet mall in Gueiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. With a total floor area of , construction of the mall started in January 2020. It started trial operations on February 16, 2022 and official ...

National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the East District, Tainan, East District of Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as an engineering ...

Aviation Space and Technology Research Center *

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) is a public research university in Taipei and Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was created in 2021 through the merger of National Chiao Tung University and National Yang-Ming University. At present, there are ...

, Tainan campus * Chang Jung Christian University * Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City * ICC Tainan convention center *Taiwan Tainan Detention Center

Image gallery

File:THSR Tainan Station 01.jpg, THSR Tainan Station exterior File:Gateway of Shalun Station.jpg, An inside view of the skyway to Shalun Station File:THSR Tainan Station Waiting area.jpg, The Waiting area of THSR Tainan Station File:THSR 700T train at THSR Tainan Station 20120726.jpg, A northbound train was approaching Tainan Station. File:2024-01-12 TSHR Structure Gauge Test Car in Tainan Oiran Train Scenic Park 05.jpg, 0 Series Train on display at Oiran Train Scenic park at Tainan HSR Station.

Sources

Dynamic Bus Information System of Tainan

The routes of THSR shuttle bus
(Chinese)

References

{{Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations served by Taiwan High Speed Rail Railway stations in Tainan Shimizu Corporation Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 2006