With the opening of the National Museum of Maritime Science and Technology (NMMST) on the original site of the Northern Power Plant in 2014, a 4km stretch of the Shen’ao Line was revived, connecting Ruifang and a newly constructed station close to the museum, Haikekuan (an abbreviation of the museum’s Chinese name).
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The full line was in operation until 1989, then a portion of it until 2007, when the Shen’ao Power Plant it had been serving was dismantled. Three years later a new line was opened, using part of the original line and now connecting Ruifang, instead of Keelung, with Shen’ao and Shuinandong. This was the original Shen’ao Line, used until 1962. In 1936, another railway line serving mining purposes was built along the coast, connecting Keelung, Badouzi, Shen’ao, and Shuinandong. KLOOK: Pingxi Shifen Half Day Guided Tour with Sky Lantern Experience (Downtown Taipei Shuttle Service) At Ruifang Station The line escaped closure after the area’s mines were abandoned in the late 20 th century today it has become one of Taiwan’s most popular tourist-railway attractions, and a must-experience for visitors to the northern part of the island! To transport the black gold, several short rail lines, including the 12.9-kilometer-long Pingxi Line (finished in 1921), which traverses the picturesque Pingxi Valley, were built.
Coal was first mined in the 1870s, at pits on Taiwan’s northeast coast, and later in other parts of northern Taiwan as well. While improving access to all island areas was a major aim for Taiwan’s colonial rulers when building the railway system, it wasn’t the only one. After the Japanese took control of the island in 1895, they continued the modernization of its infrastructure by building a line connecting Keelung and Kaohsiungin the south, completed in 1908. The island’s first railway, connecting Keelung in the northeast and present-day Hsinchuin the northwest, was completed in 1893 it was one of the first to be built in Greater China. With a modern railway line encircling the island, and a high-speed rail service zipping down its west coast connecting major cities, Taiwan has an excellent railway service. Riding the Pingxi Line in New Taipei City is a journey into the past, as well as a jaunt into lush and scenic countryside that feels hundreds of miles from busy and crowded central Taipei, which is in fact just a quick bus or train trip away. Train on the Pingxi Line traversing the verdant valley
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