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Houtong railway station

Coordinates: 25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E / 25.087222; 121.827694
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Houtong

猴硐車站
Taiwan Railway
Train station
General information
LocationRuifang, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E / 25.087222; 121.827694
Owned byTaiwan Railways Administration
Operated byTaiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)     Eastern Trunk line
Train operatorsTaiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened27 January 1920
Passengers
1,654 daily (2023) [1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Railway Following station
Ruifang
towards Badu
Eastern Trunk line Sandiaoling
towards Taitung

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]

Houtong station platform
Houtong Station Area

Name

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Taiwan Railway Corporation (June 2024). "表6 各站客貨運起訖量 Table 6 Volume of Passenger & Freight Traffic". 中華民國112年臺灣鐵路統計年報 Statistical report of Taiwan Railways -2023- (Report) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Taiwan Railway Corporation. pp. 20–31. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ "Houtong Cat Village 侯硐貌迷鄉村之遊 - Mandarin Taiwan Study Abroad". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  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.