Houli railway station

Railway station located in Taichung, Taiwan
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Tai'an
towards Keelung
 Western Trunk line Fengyuan
towards Pingtung
Houli station platform

Houli (Chinese: 后里車站; pinyin: Hòulǐ Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Taichung line located in Houli District, Taichung, Taiwan.[1] It is the teminus of most of local trains originating from Chaozhou railway station. It has two platforms used by trains and another unused platform rarely used by railway maintenance vehicles and trains. This station directly connected to the Houli science park which is a part of Central Taiwan Science Park.

History

The train station was opened on 15 May 1905. On 4 January 2018, a truck-mounted crane collapsed on overhead power line at the station causing blackout and disrupting electricity supply and train services.[2]

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ^ "Geocaching - the Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site".
  2. ^ Wang, Shu-fen; Kao, Evelyn (4 January 2018). "Power outage at Taichung train station affects 2,650 passengers". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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