Briefly served by Taiwan Railways from 25 July 1989 until its 19 February 1997 closure, this short-lived halt on the south coast of Taimali Township was opened with the southern extension of the South Link Line and discontinued less than eight years later as low ridership made it unviable. The station name is a Japanese rendering of the Amis-language settlement of Houzilan (猴仔蘭), which colonial authorities reworked into the more elegant-sounding Kōran (香蘭, “fragrant orchid”). A single island platform connected by an underground passageway survives in overgrown form behind the station building, which has been boarded up since closure.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
Note: this entry contains only basic information and may be out of date, inaccurate, or even wrong. Additional research is strongly recommended.
說明：本條目僅提供基礎資訊，內容可能過時、未經查證，甚至有誤。建議進一步查閱相關資料，以確認資訊的正確性。
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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.