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干城車站

Gancheng Railway Station

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Gancheng Railway Station (干城車站)
Date Captured
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NIKON D3100
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AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5
Shutter Speed
1/100 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
11.3 EV
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The decommissioned station building from the front.

A former station on the Taitung Line (臺東線), opened in 1916 as Hatsune (初音停車場), in what is now Jian, Hualien. It was renamed more than once, becoming Nanhua (南華車站) in 1957 and finally Gancheng in 1989, named after the village it served. Dwindling passenger numbers led to its closure in 1994. The surviving marble-faced station building, which dates to around 1990, is now used by a local community association and railway maintenance crews.

An Oblique Look at Gancheng Railway Station (干城車站)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 6.3
Shutter Speed
1/160 sec
Focal Length
19.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
12.6 EV
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3600 × 2400
Marble cladding is one of the distinctive features of railway stations in eastern Taiwan.

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Alexander Synaptic
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.

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