Ciaotou Station or Qiaotou Station (橋頭車站) is a railway station located at Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung 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 the 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...

 Western Line and Kaohsiung MRT

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit

The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...

 Red Line

Red Line, KMRT

The Red Line is the north-south mass transit line of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the first mass transit line built in southern Taiwan, started construction on October 24, 2001 and opened for service on March 9, 2008 with a month-long free ride service to April...

.

Station Overview

This three-level station is serves the TRA

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...

 and Kaohsiung MRT

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit

The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...

. TRA services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an 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...

. It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.

Station Layout

3F	Platform 1	← KMRT Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...  Red Line toward Siaogang Siaogang Station The Kaohsiung MRT Siaogang Station is a terminus on the Red Line in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.-Station overview:The station is a two-level underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is 215 meters long and is located at the intersection of Yanhai Rd. and Hanmin Rd...  (Ciaotou Sugar Refinery)
	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... , Door open on the left
	Platform 2	← KMRT Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively...  Red Line toward Siaogang Siaogang Station The Kaohsiung MRT Siaogang Station is a terminus on the Red Line in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.-Station overview:The station is a two-level underground station with an island platform and four exits. It is 215 meters long and is located at the intersection of Yanhai Rd. and Hanmin Rd...  (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 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...
	Platform 1	TRA 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...  Western Line toward Taichung Taichung Station Taichung Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Central District, Taichung City, Taiwan.-Overview:... , Taipei (Gangshan) →
	Platform 2A	← TRA 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...  Western Line toward Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Station Kaohsiung Station is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line, Kaohsiung Harbor Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line... , Pingtung Pingtung Station Pingtung Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.-Overview:...  (Nanzi)
	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...
	Platform 2B	← TRA 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...  Western Line toward Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Station Kaohsiung Station is a railway station located in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China, which serves the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line, Pingtung Line, Kaohsiung Harbor Line and the Kaohsiung MRT Red Line... , Pingtung Pingtung Station Pingtung Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Pingtung Line located in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan.-Overview:...  (Nanzi)

Exits

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

KMRT Station

• March 9, 2008 : Red Line
  Red Line, KMRT
  The Red Line is the north-south mass transit line of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the first mass transit line built in southern Taiwan, started construction on October 24, 2001 and opened for service on March 9, 2008 with a month-long free ride service to April...
  
   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
  Taiwan Power Company
  The Taiwan Power Company is a state-owned electric power utility providing electric power to Taiwan and off-shore islands of Republic of China. In 1994 a measure which allowed independent power producers to provide up to 20 percent of Taiwan's electricity should have ended the monopoly.- See...
  
  Service Office

Nearby stations

External links

• TRA Ciaotou Station
• KMRT Ciaotou Station (Chinese)