• Source: Houtong railway station

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.




Name


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).




Around the station


Houtong Cat Village
Houtong Coal Mine Ecological Park




See also


List of railway stations in Taiwan




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Houtong railway station
• Houtong Cat Village
• Ruifang District
• Ruifang railway station
• Houtong Coal Mine Ecological Park
• Sandiaoling railway station
• Yilan line
• Pingxi line
• List of railway and metro stations in Taiwan
• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan