Jiji Railway Station
Jiji Township, Taiwan · built 1922
Jiji (pinyin: Jíjí Huǒchēzhàn) is a railway station in Jiji Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It lies along the Taiwan Railway-operated Jiji line, the longest branch line in Taiwan. The station is registered as a historic building, preserving Japanese-style architecture. It is now a tourist destination supported by the Jiji town office. The Jiji line, including Jiji station, was opened in 1922 to bring construction materials to a power plant at Sun Moon Lake. It soon began carrying wood and agricultural produce, as well as passengers. The initial station was too small for its expanding use, so a new station building made of cypress was completed in 1933. Proposals to shut down the line in 1986 were opposed by local residents, and the line rebranded in 1994 as a tourist railway. The 1999 Jiji earthquake heavily damaged the station, but it was rebuilt in the same style and re-opened in 2001.
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