Xinying railway station

Xinying 新營
General information
Location	Zhongshan Rd., No. 1 Xinying, Tainan Taiwan
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Western Trunk line (167)
Distance	314.7 km from Keelung
Connections	Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	At-Grade
Other information
Classification	一等站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level)
History
Opened	16 December 1901
Rebuilt	1976
Previous names	新營庄停車場, 新營驛
Key dates
1934	Station rebuilt
1964	Station rebuilt
Passengers
9,389 daily (2023)

Xinying Station (Chinese: 新營車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnyíng Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyíng Chejhàn), formerly transliterated as Hsinying Station until 2003 and Sinying from 2003 until 2009, is a railway station of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan.

Overview

Preserved Taiwan Sugar Railways station building

The station has two island platforms as well as a tourist information center. It was formerly a station on the Taiwan Sugar Railways.

History

• 16 December 1901: The station opened for service as Shin'ei Village Station (Japanese: 新營庄停車場).
• 20 May 1909: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station opens.
• 1 June 1920: The station name was changed to Shin'ei-eki (新營驛).
• 1934: The station was reconstructed and the second-generation station opened for service.
• 1 June 1960: Liuying Station opens and is under the administration of the station.
• 1964: The second-generation station building was expanded.
• 1976: The third-generation (and current) station building opened for service.
• 1979: The Taiwan Sugar Railways station closes.
• 1 June 2000: Houbi Station opens and is under the administration of the station.

Platform layout

1	1A	■ West Coast line (northbound)	Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
		■ Eastern line (Cross-line southbound)	Toward Yilan, Suao, Hualien
2	1B	■ West Coast line (southbound)	Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
		■ West Coast line (northbound, through track)	Toward Chiayi, Taichung, Taipei, Keelung
		■ South-link line (southbound)	Toward Taitung
3	2A	■ West Coast line (southbound, through track)	Toward Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung
		■ West Coast line (northbound, originating)	Toward Chiayi
4	2B	■ Not In Use	Not in use

Around the station

• Xinying Cultural Center
• Tainan Police Department, Xinying Branch
• Xinying District Office
• Xinying Sugar Factory
• Xinying High School
• Nanguang High School
• Xingguo High School
• Xinying Senior Industrial Vocational School

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan

External links

• TRA Sinying Station (in Chinese)
• TRA Sinying Station (in English)

Preceding station	Taiwan Railway			Following station
Houbi towards Keelung		Western Trunk line		Liuying towards Pingtung