Houtong railway station explained

Houtong
Native Name:猴硐車站
Native Name Lang:zh
Symbol Location:tw
Symbol:rail
Type:Train station
Address:Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates:25.0872°N 121.8277°W
Owned:Taiwan Railways Administration
Operator:Taiwan Railways Administration
Train Operators:Taiwan Railways Administration
Opened:27 January 1920

Houtong 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.[1]

Name

In 1920, during Japanese rule, the station was established as . In 1962, the name was modified, but returned to the original in 2013. In Taiwanese Hokkien, the station name is announced as Kau-tong-a .

Around the station

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Houtong Cat Village 侯硐貌迷鄉村之遊 - Mandarin Taiwan Study Abroad . 2015-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721194251/http://www.mandarintaiwan.com/blog/houtong-cat-village . 2015-07-21 . dead .