Beimen railway station
Beimen 北門車站 | |||||||||||
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| Location | East, Chiayi City, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°29′18.8″N 120°27′14.7″E / 23.488556°N 120.454083°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency | ||||||||||
| Operator | Alishan Forest Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Alishan | ||||||||||
Train operators | Alishan Forest Railway | ||||||||||
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| Website | Beimen station | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1912 | ||||||||||
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Beimen (traditional Chinese: 北門車站; simplified Chinese: 北门车站; pinyin: Běimén Chēzhàn) (literally "North gate") is a railway station on the Alishan Forest Railway line located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.[1]
History
The station was opened on 1 October 1912.
On 16 May 1998, the original station building caught on fire, which resulted in 40% of the station's right sideburning. The Chiayi Forest District Office planned a budget to restore the station, and restoration work with red cypress was completed on 7 November the same year.
In August 1999, a section of the railway between Fenqihu station and Alishan station was badly damaged by Typhoon Morakot. On 20 September 1999, it was damaged again by the 1999 Jiji earthquake.[2] After restoration efforts, a successful trial run of the train between Beimen Station and Alishan Station was made on 16 September 2015.[3]
Architecture
The station is a Japanese architectural style building made of wood.[4]
Around the station
See also
References
- ↑ "Transport in Chiayi". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ↑ "Beimen Station". Alishan Forest Railway and Cultural Heritage Office. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Typhoon damage stops Alishan forest railway at Fenchihu stop". The China Post. 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015.
- ↑ "Beimen Station". Alishan Forest Railway and Cultural Heritage Office. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
