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The northernmost railway station in Tainan, originally opened in 1903 as Houbiliao Station (後壁藔停車場) on the western trunk line. The original wooden station was destroyed by the 1941 Zhongpu Earthquake (中埔地震), and the current station house was completed in February 1943. It is one of around a dozen surviving Japanese colonial era wooden station buildings. Designated a historic building in 2005 and still in use.
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Heritage Designation
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
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Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.