Jiabei railway station
railway station in Chiayi, Taiwan
Jiabei (Chinese: 嘉北車站; pinyin: Jiāběi Chēzhàn) (Chiabei, literally "Chia north", meaning "north of Chiayi") is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway West Coast line located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.
History
The station was opened on 8 September 2005.
In 2023, human remains between 2,500 and 2,700 years old were discovered during a railway elevation project.
“Jiabei railway station” enters the record as railway station in Chiayi, Taiwan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jiabei, railway and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Jiabei railway station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Jiabei, railway and station provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6191422. Authority coordinates are 23.500, 120.449. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2023.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jiabei railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.