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.
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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