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Houtong railway station

Houtong is a railway station on the Yilan line located in , New Taipei, . Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine, but now visitors come to see the numerous cats living in the town.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in New Taipei
  • Also known as: “Hou-fung Huo-ch’e-chan”, “Hou-t’ung”, “Hou-t’ung Chan”, “Hou-tung Huo-ch’e-chan”, “Houtong”, “Houtong Jhan”, “Houtong Station”, and “Houtong Zhan”
  • Address: 柴寮路 70, 新北市, 瑞芳區, 224

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cat Village and San-tiao-ling Station.

Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Houtong or Houdong is a village in , New Taipei, known for its cat population.

Railway station
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Sandiaoling railway station is a railway station located in , New Taipei, . It is located on the Yilan line and is the terminus of the Pingxi line. The station is the only station in Taiwan not connected to a public road. is situated 2½ km south of Houtong railway station.

Movie theater
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The is a theater in , , New Taipei, . is situated 3 km northeast of Houtong railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiufen and Jinguashi.

Photo: TianyinLee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Jioufen, historically spelled Chiufen, is a small town in the of New Taipei City, in the hills overlooking the northeast coast of .

Photo: Fred Hsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the District of eastern New Taipei City, . The area became famous for its gold mines, and is today considered a potential World Heritage Site by the Taiwan Bureau of Cultural Heritage.

Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
District is a rural district in the eastern part of , .

Houtong railway station

Latitude
25.08702° or 25° 5′ 13″ north
Longitude
121.82721° or 121° 49′ 38″ east
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
Operator
Taiwan Railway Corporation
Network
Taiwan railway
Open location code
7QQ33RPG+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289131479
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
1675932
Wiki­data ID
Q5916925
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Korean—“Houtong railway station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “hóu dòng”
  • Chinese: “侯硐站”
  • Chinese: “侯硐車站”
  • Chinese: “猴硐”
  • Chinese: “猴硐車站”
  • Dutch: “station Houtong”
  • French: “Houtong”
  • Japanese: “侯トウ駅”
  • Japanese: “侯硐駅”
  • Japanese: “猴ドウ駅”
  • Japanese: “猴硐”
  • Japanese: “猴硐駅”
  • Korean: “허오둥 역”
  • Korean: “허우퉁”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Houtong railway station”. Photo: SSR2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.