Shenmu or Sacred Tree station (traditional Chinese: 神木車站; simplified Chinese: 神木车站; pinyin: Shénmù Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in Alishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan.[1]
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| Alishan railway station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°31′09.1″N 120°48′24.1″E / 23.519194°N 120.806694°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Alishan Forest Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Forestry Bureau | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Alishan | |||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Alishan Forest Railway | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shenmu (Sacred Tree) Station | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1914 | |||||||||||||||
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Name
editThe station was named after a famous Alishan sacred tree that aged more than 3,000 years locally known as Shenmu. However, the tree was toppled in a storm in 1997.[2]
History
editThe station was opened in 1914. In April 2011, a train on the Shenmu line derailed killing five passengers and injuring 113 others. The station was then subsequently closed. The station was then reopened on 20 January 2012.[3]
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