Chiayi Beimen Railway Station

Date CapturedFebruary 1st, 2018 at 06:09 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 10Shutter Speed1/320 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value15.0 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

This wooden station house dates back to 1910 and remains the second stop on the Alishan Forest Railway (阿里山森林鐵道). Together with Chiayi Station it once anchored a sprawling timber processing zone, with a forestry office, log pond, sawmill, and a railway workshop in the immediate vicinity.

Date CapturedMarch 15th, 2026 at 09:59 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/80 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value9.9 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

A new concrete station opened just to the north in 1973, relegating the old wooden building to freight and maintenance duties. The old station was designated a city monument in April 1998 only for a fire to gut half of it weeks later. It was restored the same year and passenger services moved back into the old station in 2007. The second-generation station was demolished the following year to make way for the Alishan Lizhi Beimen Hotel. After termite damage to the old station forced a major renovation in 2023, passenger operations shifted once more, this time to a newly built station house on Zhongxiao Road integrated into the hotel. The plaza in front of the old station is now a tourist park filled with sculptures known as Sleeping Forest (沉睡森林主題公園).