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 Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.[1]
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 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Forestry Bureau | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Alishan Forest Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 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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History
editThe station was opened on 1 October 1912. On 16 May 1998 the station caught in fire which resulted the 40% burning of station right side. The Chiayi Forest District Office then planned a budget to restore the station and restoration work with red cypress was completed on 7 November the same year. In August 1999, 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 trail run of the train between Beimen Station and Alishan Station was made on 16 September 2015.[3]
Architecture
editThe station is a Japanese architectural style building made of wood.[4]
Around the station
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Beimen Station". Alishan Forest Railway and Cultural Heritage Office. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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