Fangliao railway station

Fangliao 枋寮

General information
Location	Fangliao Village, No. 18, Chuyun Rd. Fangliao, Pingtung, Taiwan
Coordinates	22°22′06″N 120°35′42″E / 22.36833°N 120.59500°E / 22.36833; 120.59500
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Western Trunk line (203) South-link line (203)
Distance	61.3 km from Kaohsiung
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
Other information
Classification	三等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	15 December 1941
Passengers

1,912 daily (2014)^[1]

Fangliao (Chinese: 枋寮車站; pinyin: Fāngliáo Chēzhàn) is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration at the junction of the Pingtung line and the South-link line. It is located in Fangliao Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.^[2]

Overview

The station has two island platforms. It is a class three station.

15 December 1941: The station opened as a terminal station of the West Coast line.
August 1943: The section between Linjian and Fangliao was removed due to war.
16 January 1953: A new station opened.
16 December 1991: The South-link line (which extends from this station) opens with a ceremony at the station.
15 January 1992: The South-link line opens for temporary service.
5 October 1992: The South-link line fully opens for service, thus completing a complete rail network loop around Taiwan.

^ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
^ Liao, George (2 April 2017). "Taiwan Railways Administration showcases its 16 most attractive train stations in light boxes". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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Preceding station	Taiwan Railway			Following station
Donghai towards Pingtung		South-link line		Terminus
Terminus		South-link line		Jialu towards Taitung

v t e Taiwan Railway — Pingtung line
Kaohsiung → West Coast line Minzu Science and Technology Museum Zhengyi Fongshan Houzhuang Jiuqutang Liukuaicuo Pingtung Pingtung South Guilai Linluo Xishi Zhutian Chaozhou Kanding Nanzhou Zhen'an Linbian Jiadong Donghai Fangliao → South-link line

v t e Taiwan Railway — South-link line
(Pingtung line ←) Fangliao Jialu Neishi Fangshan Fangye Central Signal Guzhuang Dawu Longxi Jinlun Taimali Zhiben Kangle Taitung) (→ Hualien–Taitung line)

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