ALISHAN Forest Railway Ride (阿里山森林鐵路之旅)
At the end of October we did a 4-day trip organized by the Forest Bureau. We visited the Alishan and Kenting national forest recreation areas and had a lot of fun. This is the video of the first day. We took the Alishan Forest Railway. Cool experience!#Alishan #阿里山 #阿里山鐵路
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Alishan Forest Railway
Based in Taipei City in the north of Taiwan, the first part of my and some of my fellow travelers’ journey was getting down to Chiayi City in the south to catch the 9 o’clock train bound for Alishan. Luckily, the Taiwan High Speed Rail bullet trains take you down to south Taiwan in no time (I took the 6:30am train and arrived at 7:40). After meeting up with the other tour participants and the tour leaders we took the bus to Chiayi Railway Station. Currently, the forest railway operates between this station and the tiny station of Shizilu in the Alishan area. From there, you have to take a bus further uphill to reach the national forest recreation area. After the line was severely damaged during typhoon Morakot in 2009 it was temporarily shut down, save for the trains running inside the forest recreation area. The project of restoring the railway in its entirety has been a difficult one, but step by step, the line has been revived. At the end of 2012, trains started to roll again between Chiayi and Zhuqi; in early 2014, the stretch from Zhuqi all the way up to Fenqihu was reopened; and in July of 2017 two more stations were put back into business, the last being Shizilu. Plans are to have the complete line restored by 2022.
Some facts and useful info about the Alishan Forest Railway – The railway line project was started in 1906 during the Japanese colonial era; the first section between Chiayi and Zhuqi was completed in 1908; in 1912 the line was extended to Erwanping, and in 1914 it reached Zhaoping. Many decades later the railway became a tourist attraction. In 1983 the 9.2km Minyue branch line to Shihou Station and in 1986 the 6.25km line to Zhushan Station (close to the sunrise viewing platform) were established. – Today, there are 20 stations in total: Chiayi (30m) – Beimen (31m) – Lumachan (82m) – Zhuqi (127m) – Mujiliao (324m) – Zhangnaoliao (543m) – Dulishan (743m) – Liyuanliao (904m) – Jiaoliping (997m) – Shuisheliao (1,186m) – Fenqihu (1,403m) – Duolin (1,516m) – Shizilu (1,534m) – Pingzhena (1,711m) – Erwanping (2,000m) – Shenmu (2,138m) – Alishan (2,216m) – Zhaoping (2,274m) – Duigaoyue (2,405m) – Zhushan (2,451m) – The total length of the line is 71.4km and it has 47 tunnels and 72 bridges. – On weekdays the train departs from Chiayi at 9am (on weekends and holidays at 8:30am [to Fenqihu] and 9:30am [to Shizilu]); from Shizilu the train departs for the trip back to Chiayi City at 1:50pm (on weekends and holidays at 1pm). – The train ride from Chiayi to Shizilu takes about 3 hours. – Tickets are priced NT$459 one way.