Taitung
台東
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| Location | 598 Ln 101 Yanwan Rd Taitung City, Taitung Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°47′36″N 121°07′23″E / 22.79333°N 121.12306°E / 22.79333; 121.12306 | ||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 151.9 km from Hualien 98.2 km from Fangliao | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 004 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | 一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1982-06-27 | ||||||||||||||
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Taitung (Chinese: 台東車站; pinyin: Táidōng Chēzhàn) is a railway stationofTaiwan Railways Administration. It lies at the junction of the Hualien-Taitung line and the South-link lineinTaitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan.
During the construction work of the back part of Taitung Station in 1980, a historic settlement area was discovered when graveyard containing several thousand slate coffins was unearthed, with some bodies still laid within. Around 20,000 pieces of jade, pottery and stone tools were also found. This had caught the attention of the government to carry out archaeological work and build a national museum to preserve the artifacts. The area officially opened in 1997 as the Beinan Cultural Park.[1]
There are three island platforms. The station also features solar panels installed on 12 buildings within its parameters which covers an area of 8,652 m2 and an installed generation capacity of 1.51 MW.[2]
| Year | Ridership |
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| 1998 | 1,760 |
| 1999 | 1,868 |
| 2000 | 2,447 |
| 2001 | 2,897 |
| 2002 | 3,266 |
| 2003 | 2,915 |
| 2004 | 3,223 |
| 2005 | 3,435 |
| 2006 | 3,475 |
| 2007 | 3,483 |
| 2008 | 3,597 |
| 2009 | 3,060 |
| 2010 | 3,595 |
| 2011 | 3,738 |
| 2012 | 4,002 |
| 2013 | 4,258 |
| 2014 | 4,956 |
| 2015 | 5,283 |
| 2016 | 5,253 |
