One Hundred Years of Working On Taiwan's Railroad

Taiwan was annexed by Japan as a colony after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. Japan's first priority in resource-rich Taiwan was to build up and develop the ...

150 years ago, Chinese railroad workers risked their lives in pursuit ...

AN AMERICAN DREAM ... As many as 10,000 to 15,000 Chinese were working on the railroad at any one time, according to the Chinese Railroad Workers ...

Taiwan's Remaining Japanese-era Train Stations (台鐵現存日治時期 ...

Obviously, much of the rail network that we know and love today is primarily a result of the fifty-year Japanese Colonial Era, so as part of my ...

time train - Books From Taiwan | Authors

This book is a warm and touching story of four special moments in over one hundred years of Taiwanese railway history.

Steam Train Service Marks 100 Years of Central Taiwan's Coastal ...

The Coastal Line celebrated its centenary on October 11 with a special steam train passenger service. The branch of Taiwan's western trunk ...

Taiwan Railway - Wikipedia

The railway was previously operated by Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA). On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, ...

Taiwan's extraordinary 111-year-old forest railway gets a makeover

Logging-turned-tourist train: Since 1963, the Alishan Railway has primarily operated as a tourist train. It was once the only means of public ...

Railway in the World, Qing Dynasty, and Taiwan - YouTube

The story of railways began over two hundred years ago. Before the ... 【Taiwan Public Infrastructure Archives: Railway】EP 1: Railway in the ...

A Train Ride Deep Into a Forest, and Into the Past

The Alishan Forest Railway, built during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan to transport lumber, today is a unique slow-travel experience.

Sparks Fly over the "Resurrection" of Taiwan's Steam Locomotives

Leading the restoration work is Cheng Wan-ching, the retired assistant director of TRA's Taipei train yard, along with Chuang Pei-cheng, Chuang Yung-huan, Chiu ...

Rail transport in Taiwan - Wikipedia

Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, ...

Taiwan | Railway diplomacy - Medium

Michael: Absolutely! There's nothing unique or limited to railways in this. It does work well because of Taiwan's growing interest in its own ...

A Hundred-Year-Old Station Brings Back its Glory: Xinbeitou, an ...

The repair and assembly work was completed in March this year, and, to date, this is the only preserved old train station in Taipei. To thank ...

10 Push Car Railways and Taiwan's Development - jstor

The Japanese inherited a skeletal transport system that had evolved during more than two hundred years of Chinese ... Passenger traffic across one of Taiwan's ...

Ride Taiwan's "Sunrise Train" into a Sea of Clouds | Smithsonian

On tracks laid by timber-seekers over one hundred years ago, a four-carriage, narrow-gauge forest train carries passengers up steep mountains shrouded in mist.

Taiwan's stunning 111-year-old mountain railway - CNN

Visiting Alishan: Built more than 100 years ago, the Alishan Forest Railway is perhaps the best way to explore Alishan, one of Taiwan's most ...

Straight Tracks, Winding History: Hop a Train to Taipei's Railway ...

Our Railways (咱的鐵支路) explores Taiwanese rail travel through the years. Liu Mingchuan's visionary railroad connecting Keelung to Hsinchu ( ...

Steam Train Service Marks 100 Years of Central Taiwan's Coastal ...

Reporters: Rick Yi/Bing Wang The Coastal Line celebrated its centenary on October 11 with a special steam train passenger service.

TRA recognizes senior staffers' role in longevity - Taipei Times

Liu and other senior employees have in recent years repaired many of the old steam train locomotives, which are used for special services for ...

Taiwan's Steam Engine Craze - The Railway Romances - TaiwanPlus

Climb aboard for a railway adventure as we learn how historic railroads and steam engines ushered in an important industrial era in Taiwan!