Alishan station (traditional Chinese: 阿里山車站; simplified Chinese: 阿里山车站; pinyin: Ālǐshān Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in Alishan township, Chiayi County, Taiwan.[1]
Alishan Station 阿里山 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°30′36.7″N 120°48′16.3″E / 23.510194°N 120.804528°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Alishan Forest Railway | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Forestry Bureau | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Chushan, Shenmu, Zhaoping | ||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Alishan Forest Railway | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
The station was opened on 11 January 1981. The station was badly damaged due to the 921 earthquake on 21 September 1999. It was then rebuilt on the same spot and reopened in 2007.[2]
Architecture
The station building is made by wood with the line of arched wooden pillars. The station has also spacious viewing platform outside the building.
See also
References
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