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Sizihwan is a terminus of the Orange line and adjacent to Circular light rail Hamasen station of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System. It is located in Hamasing of Gushan District, Kaohsiung. Its name is derived from Sizihwan, a nearby scenic area.

Sizihwan O1 西子灣
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	西子灣站
Simplified Chinese	西子湾站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīzǐwān Zhàn Bopomofo ㄒㄧ ㄗˇ ㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Hsi1-tzŭ3-wan1 -chan4 Tongyong Pinyin Sizǐhwan Jhàn Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sî-chṳ́-vân Cham
General information
Other names	Hamasen (哈瑪星)
Location	Gushan, Kaohsiung Taiwan
Operated by	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Line(s)	Orange line (O1)
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	via Hamasen Bus stop
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2008-09-14
Passengers
5,697 daily (Jan. 2011)[1]
Services
Preceding station Kaohsiung Metro Following station Terminus Orange line Yanchengpu towards Daliao

Station overview

The nearby TRA Kaohsiung Port Station [zh] closed after service began on the Orange Line through this station. It opened in 1908 to begin train service into the Kaohsiung Harbor area. The train station area will be turned into a railway cultural park.[2]

Station design

The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform.[3] It is located at the junction of Linhai 2nd Road and Gushan 1st Road and has 2 exits. The station is 282 metres (925 ft) long.[4]

Station layout

Street Level	Entrance/Exit	Entrance/Exit
B1	Concourse	Lobby, information desk, automatic ticket machines, one-way faregates
		Restrooms (near exit 2)
B2	Platform 1	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for platform 1, right for platform 2
	Platform 2	→ KMRT Orange Line toward Daliao (Yanchengpu) →

Exits

• Exit 1: Gushan Ferry Station, Gushan Post Office
• Exit 2: Kaohsiung Customs, Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf

Around the station

• Bank of Taiwan, Gushan Branch
• Chunghwa Post, Gushan Post Office
• Former British Consulate at Takao
• Former Sanhe Bank
• Gushan Daitian Temple
• Gushan Elementary School
• Gushan Ferry Station
• Gushan Market
• Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf
• Kaohsiung Harbor Museum
• Kaohsiung Martyrs' Shrine
• Kaohsiung Wude Hall
• Mount Shou
• National Sun Yat-sen University
• North Gate of Xiong Town
• Port of Kaohsiung
• Shaochuantou Park
• Sizihwan Tunnel
• Takao Railway Museum (Formerly the Kaohsiung Port Station)

References

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