TRA to inaugurate Sike railway station

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) is scheduled to inaugurate Sunday the brand-new Sike railway station — located in Sijhih, Taipei County — to offer commuters convenient and fast transport services, a spokesman for the TRA said Saturday.

Sike Station is situated between the Sijhih and Taipei City’s Nangang stations and was built by the TRA as a rapid transit station, the third of this kind the administration has constructed in northern Taiwan as part of its policy of turning railroads into rapid transit lines, according to the TRA.

Services at the station will begin at 4: 27 a.m. daily for trains heading north and at 4: 56 a.m. for southbound trains. There will be a total of 137 two-way runs per day through the station, the TRA spokesman said, adding that trains are expected every 10-12 minutes at peak hours.

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