Xinma railway station

24°36′55.14″N 121°49′22.32″E / 24.6153167°N 121.8228667°E / 24.6153167; 121.8228667Owned byTaiwan Railways AdministrationOperated byTaiwan Railways AdministrationLine(s)     Eastern Trunk lineTrain operatorsTaiwan Railways AdministrationOther informationStation code068
ㄒㄇHistoryOpened22 November 1920Passengers0 daily (2023) [1] Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Dongshan
towards Badu
 Eastern Trunk line Su'aoxin
towards Taitung

Xinma (Chinese: 新馬車站; pinyin: Xīnmǎ Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line. It is located in Su'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.

History

The station was opened on 22 November 1920. The current station building was opened on 31 December 1970. Its distance between Su'aoxin Station is only 0.9km, the shortest distance between railway stations in Taiwan.

On 21 October 2018, a train derailment occurred at Xinma Station, killing 18 people and injuring 187.[2] Due to the accident, the station was closed to passenger service on 31 May 2022 to reroute the Yilan line to a shallower curve.[3]

Structure

Sinma Station has a simple reinforced concrete structure building. The station is staffless and managed by nearby Su'aoxin Station.

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ By Yong Xiong, Mimi Hsin Hsuan Sun and Sheena McKenzie (21 October 2018). "At least 18 dead and 178 injured in Taiwan train derailment". CNN.
  3. ^ "交通部臺灣鐵路管理局". 2022-05-09. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-13.


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