Old Mountain Line

Longteng Bridge
Da'an River Bridge

The Old Mountain Line (Chinese: 舊山線; pinyin: Jiùshān Xiàn) is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration. It is located in Miaoli County and Taichung City.

Operations

The Old Mountain Line originally opened in 1903 as a normal segment of the Mountain Line. Its operations were suspended in 1998 when a new, more easily navigable section of the Mountain Line was opened. It remained inactive until it was reopened in June 2010 to steam train services on special occasions. The TRA did so in order to increase tourism in the region.[1]

Stations

Station NameTransfers and NotesLocation
HanyuChinese
Sanyi三義 → Connecting to the Western Line Sanyi TownshipMiaoli County
Shengxing勝興
Yutengping魚藤坪
Tai'an (Old)泰安舊 Replaced by the new Tai'an Station on the new Mountain Line Houli Dist.Taichung City
Houli后里 → Connecting to the Western Line

References

  1. ↑ "Steam railway makes nostalgic return on mountain line - The China Post". 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2013-11-16.

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