Ciaotou station

{{Short description|Metro station of the Kaohsiung MRT}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Ciaotou
Qiaotou

| native_name = 橋頭

| native_name_lang = zh-TW

| symbol_location = tw

| symbol = rail

| symbol_location2 = kaohsiung

| symbol2 = kmrt

| image = TRA CiaoTou Station.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| mlanguage ={{Infobox Chinese |child=yes |first=t |t=橋頭火車站|s=桥头火车站|p=Qiaótóu Huǒchēzhàn|tp=Ciáotóu Huǒchejhàn|w=Ciao²tou² Huo³ch'ê¹chan⁴|bpmf=ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ |title2= Ciaotou metro station |t2=橋頭車站|s2=桥头车站|p2=Qiaótóu Chēzhàn|tp2=Ciáotóu Chejhàn|w2=Ciao²tou² Ch'ê¹chan⁴|bpmf2=ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ}}

| address = Ciaotou, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

| coordinates = {{coord|22|45|38|N|120|18|38|E|type:railwaystation_region:TW|display=inline,title}}

| distance = 382.0 km from Keelung

| operator = {{Plainlist|1=

• Taiwan Railway Corporation
• Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation

}}

| line = {{Plainlist|1=

• {{Color box|#0008BD|border=darkgray}} West Coast line (181)
• {{Rail color box|Kaohsiung Rapid Transit|Red}} (R23)

}}

| platforms = 2 island platforms
1 side platform

| connections = Bus stop

| structure = Elevated/At-Grade

| accessible = Yes

| code =

| classification = 三等站 (Taiwan Railway level)

| opened = 1901-05-15

| years1 = 2008-03-09

| events1 = Metro added

| passengers = MRT: {{KMRT ridership|station=Ciaotou Station}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system=Taiwan Railways|line=West Coast|left=Gangshan|right=Nanzi

|system2=Kaohsiung Rapid Transit|line2=Red|left2=Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital|right2=Ciaotou Sugar Refinery}}

}}

Ciaotou ({{zh|t={{linktext|橋頭}}|tp=Ciáotóu|p=Qiáotóu}}) is a railway and metro station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by the Taiwan Railway (TR) and Kaohsiung MRT; it can also be transliterated as Qiaotou Station.

Image:KRTC CiaoTou Station TrainOnPlatform.jpg

This three-level station serves the Taiwan Railway and Kaohsiung MRT. TR services operate at ground-level platforms, while KMRT services operate on an elevated platform. The KMRT station is elevated with an island platform.{{cite web|url=http://www.krtco.com.tw/service/service-1_1-R23.aspx |title=橋頭火車站 |publisher=高雄捷運公司 |accessdate=2010-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717064554/http://www.krtco.com.tw/service/service-1_1-R23.aspx |archivedate=17 July 2010 }} It is located on Zhanqian St. and has two exits. The station is 185 meters long.