Chenggong railway station

Chenggong (Chinese: 成功車站; pinyin: Chénggōng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line located in Wuri District, Taichung, Taiwan. The name is derived from the nearby Chenggongling military base.

Chenggong Station 成功車站
Railway station
Location	Wuri, Taichung, Taiwan
Coordinates	24°06′51.5″N 120°35′26.1″E
Owned by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Taichung
Train operators	Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened	15 May 1905
Passengers
1,404 daily (2014)[1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station Xinwuri towards Keelung Western Trunk line Changhua towards Pingtung Terminus Zhuifen via Chengzhui line

Chenggong station platform

Train tickets from Zhuifen station to Chenggong station are popular among students for having the double meaning of "success in getting a good grade." If pronounced slightly differently, it could also mean "success in getting married." [2]

History

The station was opened on 15 May 1905.

Structure

1	1A	■West Coast line (Southward)	To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi
2	1B	■West Coast line (Northward)	To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu
3	2A	■West Coast line (southbound trains pass)	To Changhua, Douliu, Chiayi direction
		■West Coast line (northbound trains pass)	To Taichung, Fengyuan, Miaoli, Hsinchu
4	2B	■West Coast line (Going northward, and passing through Chengjhuei line to Coastal line)	To Dajia, Zhunan, Hsinchu
		■West Coast line (Going southward, and passing through Chengjhuei line to Coast line)	To Taichung, Fengyuan, Houli

Service

As a minor station, Chenggong Station is primarily serviced by Local Trains (區間車). A few times per day a Chu-Kuang Express (莒光號) or a Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) stops at the station.

Nearby stations

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

References

1. "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
2. "祈求會考追分成功 大肚懷舊小旅行 | 旅遊 | 新頭殼 Newtalk". 新頭殼 Newtalk (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-11-18.