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Fugang railway station

Railway station located in Taoyuan, Taiwan

Taiwan Railways Administration

Line(s)

Western Trunk line (111)

Distance83.9 km from KeelungPlatforms2 island platformsConstructionStructure typeSurfaceOther informationStation code111Classification三等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)HistoryOpened1 October 1929 (1929-10-01)^[1]Passengers3,638 daily (2023) ^[2] Services

Preceding station	Taiwan Railway			Following station
Yangmei towards Keelung		Western Trunk line		Xinfu towards Pingtung

Fugang (Chinese: 富岡車站; pinyin: Fùgāng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.^[3]

History

The railway station was originally built in 1929 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan as Hakukōkau Station (伯公岡驛). In 1955, it was renamed to Fugang. It underwent renovation in 1988 which modified its appearance.^[1]

The station is a commuter station and is only served by local trains with less than 12 carriages.

References

^ ^a ^b 蘇昭旭 (2018). 台灣鐵路車站大觀 [The Practical Guide of Taiwan Railway Stations] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 人人出版. p. 46. ISBN 978-986-461-140-9.
^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Yangmei". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.