Xike_Station
Xike railway station
Railway station located in New Taipei, Taiwan
Xike (Chinese: 汐科) is a railway station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railways. Located near Xizhi's technology park, it experiences heavy traffic during the morning and early evening rush hours.
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| Traditional Chinese | 汐科 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Xizhi technology park | ||||||||||
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| Location | 182 Sec 2 Datong Rd Xizhi District, New Taipei Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25.0627°N 121.6466°E / 25.0627; 121.6466 | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 14.6 km to Keelung[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Station code | A064 (statistical) | ||||||||||
| Classification | Simple (Chinese: 簡易)[2] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 December 2007 (2007-12-30)[3] | ||||||||||
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| 2017 | 6.212 million per year[4]  8.04% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 20 out of 228 | ||||||||||
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  Xike Location within Taiwan | |||||||||||
Construction started in June 2005 and finished on schedule in December 2007.[5] During planning the names South Xizhi Station (南汐止站) and Xizhi Technology Park (汐科園區站) were mooted, but eventually the name Xike Station (汐科站) was chosen.
Media reports have highlighted Xike Station as part of the "MRT-ization" plan for Taiwan's urban railways, offering convenient transport for commuters, spurring new residential construction, and raising property prices in the vicinity of the station.[6] This station only stops Local Trains.
The planned Minsheng–Xizhi line of the Taipei Metro (MRT) system would see Xike Station transformed into a TRA and MRT interchange station.[7]
Farglory U-Town (next to the station)
Acer Inc. Headquarters (300m to the south)
Oriental Science Park (450m to the southeast)
- 各站營業里程-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- Xizhi – Xike Station (in Chinese), New Taipei City government, archived from the original on 3 December 2012
- 「台鐵捷運化」 房仲看好汐科站房市後市, Independence Evening Post (in Chinese)
- TRA Xike Station (in Chinese)
- Taiwan Railways Administration(in Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean)
