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Shanjia Station

No.28, Shanjia St., Shulin Dist., New Taipei City

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The name "Shanjia" is much newer than the area, having only been around for the last 40 years. During the Qing dynasty, Wu Menghua of Anxi settled the area, which was part of Haishanbao Shanzijiao Village. The name Shanzijiao derived from its location next to Mt. Guilunling. In 1920, during the Japanese colonial period, the area was renamed, and then again after World War II to Shanjia. Regardless of the official name, the locals still call it "Shanzijiao" in Taiwanese.

The earliest railway was constructed during Liu Mingchuan's period as governor and stretched from Taipei to Hsinchu. However, the Qing-era railway route was poorly planned and designed, and the section from Taipei to Taoyuan going through Mt. Guilunling was steep and winding, slowing progress and making transportation inefficient. During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese solved the problem by changing the route, going from Taipei and crossing Tamsui River, removing the section from Xinzhuang to Taoyuan, instead going through Monga and crossing Xindian River, through Banqiao, Shulin, and Yingge to Taoyuan. The new Shanjia Station was part of this project.

The station opened on August 25, 1901, and was originally known as Shanzijiao Station. In 1920, it was renamed, and in 1962 again to the present name of Shanjia Station.

The station was built in 1901 and renovated in 1928. The second-generation station building had brick walls, Western-style wooden frame, RC beams, and "safety tile" roof, being the first government Railway Department-constructed building combining brick, reinforced concrete (RC), and wood, as well as a pioneering example of replacing wood and brick with brick and RC.

After the second-generation station was completed, the Shanjia - Yingge and Shanjia - Shulin double-rail sections of the North-South Railway were completed, greatly improving transportation efficiency.

Shanjia Station originally served coal transportation. There were five coal fields in northern Taiwan – in Keelung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Zhunan, and Miaoli. In Taipei, there were six - Nangang, Jingmei, Shiding, Qingshuikeng, Shanzijiao, and Sanxia Daxi, with Shanzijiao being the only one located on the west side of Dahan River. The center of the field was to the northeast of Shanzijiao and covered eight kilometers. The Taiwan Historical Map, produced in 1904 during the Japanese colonial period, shows Taigaokeng mine to the northwest of the station, proving that mining dates back to an early period. During the height of the mining period, Shanjia Station transported 25,000 tons of coal per year.

In regard to passenger transport, the area originally had a low population. According to a 1917 survey, there were only 304 households and 1684 people. Since passenger transport was undeveloped, 1903 records show it limited to five or six people per day. As the area developed, however, this figure reached 400 by 1928 and 2500 by 2004.

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