Daqing railway station

Daqing station (Chinese: 大慶車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Dàqìng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Dàcìng Chejhàn) is a railway and metro station located in South District, Taichung, Taiwan. It is served by the Taiwan Railways Administration and Taichung Metro. The metro station will open on December 19, 2020.

Daqing 大慶
TRA railway station
Location	South, Taichung, Taiwan
Coordinates	24°07′07.8″N 120°38′52.2″E
Owned by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Taichung
Train operators	Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened	7 July 1998 16 October 2016 (elevated)
Passengers
4,324 daily (2014)[1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railways Following station Wuchuan towards Keelung Western Trunk line Wuri towards Pingtung

Daqing 大慶
Operated by	Taichung Metro
Line(s)	G  Green Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	115
History
Opened	December 19, 2020
Services
Preceding station Taichung Metro Following station Jioujhangli towards HSR Taichung station Green line Fongle Park towards Beitun Main

Overview

The station began as a TRA at-grade local station. The TRA station was elevated on October 28, 2018 as part of the modernization process on the Taichung Line.[2] The metro portion of the station is also elevated, and the two are connected by a bridge.[3][4]

The 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.

Station layout

Side platform
	← Taichung Line: towards Changhua, Kaohsiung (Wuri)
	Taichung Line: towards Zhunan, Taipei (Wuchuan) →
Side platform
1F	Lobby	Station entrance, ticketing machine, information counter

Around the station

• Chungshan Medical University
• Fengle Sculpture Park
• Taichung Municipal Taichung Industrial High School
• Taichung Mosque

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. 張菁雅 (October 28, 2018). "台中鐵路高架化全線通車 蔡總統：台中交通發展邁入新紀元" (in Chinese). Liberty Times. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
3. "臺中捷運未來營運計畫" (PDF). Transportation Bureau of Taichung City (in Chinese). Taichung Metro. May 8, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
4. 郝雪卿、蘇木春 (2020-11-15). "台中捷運綠線試營運16日起1個月免費搭 市民興奮終於等到了[影]". 中央通訊社.