The Railways of Taiwan
For frustrated, non-Chinese speaking Railbuffs!!!!
UPDATES
6th April 2007
Map 30 Pei-gang - Amended to show extent of operational TSC line westwards from Hu-wei Sugar Works
Map 45 Kaoh-siung North - Amended to show correct alignments at Zuo-ying and at Kaoh-shing Sugar Works and nearby tourist line. Sugar railway branch eastward from Kaoh-shing works shown.
New Section entitled "Articles" added, linking to four classic articles/books in Adobe Acrobat format on the Taiwan Railways. These include Charles S. Small's Rails to the Setting Sun Chapter 4 "Taiwan" and Rails to the Mines, a serialised article on the construction of the first railway from Kee-lung to Hsin-chu from the 1892 publication of "Engineering" and several articles on Taiwanese railways from the Far Eastern Review dated 1905 to 1911.
New Section entitled "Updates", eg this page.
Passenger Stations Index Page revised. Now one page only and faster. (Thanks to Mark Swofford)
17th April 2007
Map 21 Hua-lien - Amended to show extent of operational harbour lines.
Map 12 Su-ao - Amended to show dismantled harbour lines.
Movies added for I-lan Line, Hua-dong Line, North Link & South Link
Maps 19 Taichung & Chang-hua, 24 Yuen-lin & Nan-tou, 37 Chia-yi & Hsin-ying, 40 Shan-hua, 42 Tai-nan, 45 Kaoh-siung North and 49 Kaoh-siung South updated with additional details of sidings off the TRA main line from Kaoh-siung to Tai-chung.