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Fengyuan Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Taichung Line located in Fengyuan District, Taichung, Taiwan. It was formerly a terminus for the now-defunct TRA Dongshi Line.OverviewThe current station is a temporary station, which originally opened with two island platforms. However, with construction of the Taichung Elevated Railway Project, the station has been converted to one side platform, one island platform, and a remaining unused platform.As part of the Taichung Elevated Railway Project, the station is slated to be replaced with an elevated station with two island platforms.HistoryMay 15, 1905: Opened as 葫蘆墩駅.1920: The station name was changed to the current "Fengyuan Station".January 12, 1959: The TRA Dongshi Line opened for service, with the station as a terminus.November 1960: The station was re-constructed as a concrete station building.September 1, 1991: The TRA Dongshi Line ceases service.February 25, 2008: The station becomes a stop on the Taroko Express.Around the station Fengyuan Museum of Lacquer Art Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center Taiwan Balloons Museum Taichung City Government Yangming Building National Feng Yuan Commercial High School Zhongzheng Rd. Sanmin Rd. Fengyuan Tzu Chi Temple Miaodong Night Market Feng Yuan Junior High School Taichung Police Department, Fengyuan Branch