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]
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 .