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.^[2]

Houtong station platform

Houtong Station Area

Houtong 猴硐車站
Train station
General information
Location	Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates	25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E
Owned by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Operated by	Taiwan Railways Administration
Line(s)	Eastern Trunk line
Train operators	Taiwan Railways Administration
History
Opened	27 January 1920
Passengers
1,543 daily (2024) [1]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Ruifang towards Badu Eastern Trunk line Sandiaoling towards Taitung
Location

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).^[3]

Around the station

• Houtong Cat Village
• Houtong Coal Mine Ecological Park

See also

• List of railway stations in Taiwan