Visiting Info
Many visitors have come to Changhua Roundhouse(CRH) since it is available for visiting. The following is some visiting information provided by Mr. Chen who is in charge of arranging visiting stuff.
Profile of Mr. Chen
NameWen-Ray Chen
EmployerChanghua Rolling Stock Branch of Taiwan Railways
Administration
PositionStation attendant
Job descriptionGuided tour arrangement
The visiting information is as follows.
Visitors are welcomed after filling in the form.
Security room is next to the left of the gate.
Free admission
Book the name, phone number, and address of a representation and the amount of your group members before you come in.
Visiting information and visiting route are posted on the gate.Hours
- Opening hours : 8:00 to 17:00, Sunday to Saturday
- Opening hours are subject to suspension due to a typhoon or some other natural disaster announced by government.
Free guided tour charged by the employees of Rolling Stock BranchGroup guided tour services
Time for application
8:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday
Apply for a Group guided tour
- For reservation, please contact 886-4-7624438.
- Please apply with an official letter noted the time, the quantity, contacts and phone number at least 10 days prior to the visit.
Observe the following dos and don’ts.For your safety, no admission to the restricted area.
Changhua Roundhouse is still in-service for locomotives repairmen and maintenance. It might be valuable to see the trains go through the Turntable and tracks for visitors but the technicians who are in charge of repairing locomotives should pay much attention of the safety of visitors. For that reason, entry of the restricted areas is prohibited, and furthermore, please mind the working trains during the visit.
The statistics of visitors
Do you know how many visitors visit CRH every year?
The number is going up every year from over sixty thousand in 2009 to ninety thousand in 2011 and now is still on calculating.
Data provided from Changhua Rolling Stock Branch
Chart made by Changhua Cool-Bow
Let’s come inside!
Follow the visiting route.
Walking through the passage, and you will see the Roundhouse on the left and Rolling Stock Branch Office on the right.
To walk forward, you can see some technician working inside.
Then you see the trains. Now turn left while seeing the tracks.
You can see the working turntable right in the front.
Look at to the left, here it is!
Source: Changhua Cool-Bow
