Houtong railway station

Houtong
猴硐車站
Taiwan Railways Administration
Train station
Location Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates 25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E / 25.087222; 121.827694Coordinates: 25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E / 25.087222; 121.827694
Owned by Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)      Yilan
Train operators Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened 27 January 1920
Traffic
Passengers 1,851 daily (2014)[1]
Houtong station platform

Houtong (Chinese: 猴硐車站; pinyin: Hóudòng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line located in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine, but now visitors come to see the numerous cats living in the town.[2]

Name

In 1920, during Japanese rule, the station was established as Kōdō-eki (Japanese: 猴硐驛). In 1962, the name was modified (Chinese: 侯硐; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kâu-tōng), but returned to the original in 2013. In Taiwanese Hokkien, the station name is announced as Kau-tong-a (Chinese: 猴洞仔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kâu-tōng-á).[3]

Around the station

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Volume of Passenger and Freight Traffic" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.mandarintaiwan.com/blog/houtong-cat-village
  3. ↑ "Entry #34122 (侯硐)". 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Hokkien). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011.

Preceding station Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Following station
Sandiaoling
towards Su'ao
 Yilan line Ruifang
towards Badu


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