Chiayi Station is a railway station located in the Western District, Chiayi City, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, which serves Taiwan Railway Administration

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

 (TRA) Western Line and Alishan Forest Railway

Alishan Forest Railway

The Alishan Forest Railway is an 86 km network of narrow-gauge railways running up to and throughout the popular mountain resort of Alishan in Chiayi County, Taiwan...

 Main Line (Alishan Line).

Overview

The at-grade station has one island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 and one side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

. The station was first opened on April 20, 1902 with service on the Western Line. Service to the Alishan Forest Railway

Alishan Forest Railway

The Alishan Forest Railway is an 86 km network of narrow-gauge railways running up to and throughout the popular mountain resort of Alishan in Chiayi County, Taiwan...

began in 1912. The station was renovated in June 1933.

Nearby stations

External links

• Chiayi Station (Chinese)
• Chiayi Station (English)