Ciaotou Station

Ciaotou Station (Qiaotou Station) 橋頭車站
TRA Qiaotou Station
Location
City	Kaohsiung
District(s)	Qiaotou
Info
Type	Elevated/At-Grade
Platforms	2 island platforms 1 side platform
Accessible
History
Opened	TRA: May 15, 1901 MRT: March 9, 2008
Rail services
Line(s)	■ Red Line (R23) ■ Western Line (181)
Daily Ridership	MRT: 6,490 (Jan. 2011)[1]
Operator(s)	Taiwan Railway Administration Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Taiwan Railway Administration Station
Level	三等
Zhuyin Code	ㄑㄠ
Mileage (from Keelung)	382.0 km
There is a bus stop near this station.

Ciaotou Station
Traditional Chinese	橋頭車站
Simplified Chinese	桥头车站
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Qiaótóu Chēzhàn - Wade–Giles Ciao2tou2 Ch'ê1chan4 - Bopomofo ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ

Ciaotou Station or Qiaotou Station (橋頭車站) is a railway station located at Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.

Station Overview

Kaohsiung MRT train at the platform.

This three-level station is serves the TRA and Kaohsiung MRT. TRA services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an island platform.^[2] It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.

Station Layout

3F	Platform 1	← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
	25pxIsland platform, Door open on the left
	Platform 2	← KMRT Red Line toward Siaogang (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
2F
	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates, Restrooms (Near Exit 2)
Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
	Side Platform
	Platform 1	TRA Western Line toward Taichung, Taipei (Gangshan) →
	Platform 2A	← TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)
	Island Platform
	Platform 2B	← TRA Western Line toward Kaohsiung, Pingtung (Nanzi)

Exits

• Exit 1: Ciaotou Sugar Refinery (West Exit)
• Exit 2: TRA Qiaotou Station (East Exit)

History

TRA Station

• May 15, 1901 : Opened for service.

KMRT Station

• March 9, 2008 : Red Line between Ciaotou and Siaogang opened.

Around the Station

• Qiaotou Township Office
• Taiwan Sugar Kaohsiung Factory
• Qiaotou Junior High School
  • Qiaotou Junior High School Swimming Pool
• Qiaotou Elementary School
• Qiaotou Old Street
• Station Front Retail Building
• Hongren Hospital
• Taiwan Power Company Service Office

Nearby stations

Preceding station		Taiwan Railway Administration		Following station
Gangshan toward Keelung		Western Line		Nanzi toward Kaohsiung
Preceding station		Kaohsiung MRT		Following station
Terminus		Red Line		Ciaotou Sugar Refinery toward Siaogang

External links

• TRA Ciaotou Station
• KMRT Ciaotou Station (Chinese)

References

1. ^ "統計資訊 > 統計月報". Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. http://mtbu.kcg.gov.tw/html/info/statistics_month.php. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 
2. ^ "橋頭火車站". 高雄捷運公司. http://www.krtco.com.tw/service/service-1_1-R23.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 

Coordinates: 22°45′38″N 120°18′38″E / 22.76056°N 120.31056°E / 22.76056; 120.31056