Erchongnan Railway Station (二重湳車站) - Spectral Codex

Erchongnan, established in March 1919, was the second stop out from Yuanlin on the sugar railway running west to Xihu Sugar Factory. In 1956 it was the site of a collision that remains the deadliest accident in the history of the Taiwan sugar railways, killing four and injuring twenty-nine. The station house and track are long gone, but an old narrow gauge engine or wufenche (五分車) is displayed on site. The line has since been transformed into a bikeway, and it can be found midway along the Puxin section of the Yuanlin Sugar Railway Trail.

Map

Links

Themes

Nearby Locations

Similar Content

South Yuanlin Railway Station

South Yuanlin Railway Station
(南員林車站)

Yuanlin Sugar Railway Trail

Yuanlin Sugar Railway Trail
(員林台糖步道)

Ershui Railway Station

Ershui Railway Station
(二水車站)

Postcards From Ershui

Postcards From Ershui
(二水明信片)

Tai’an Railway Station

Tai’an Railway Station
(泰安車站)

Yujing Sugar Factory

Yujing Sugar Factory
(玉井糖廠)

Datong Tuchang Railway Station

Datong Tuchang Railway Station
(大同土場車站)

Nanjing Sugar Factory

Nanjing Sugar Factory
(南靖糖廠)

Author

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.