Tanwen Railway Station

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:46 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VRApertureƒ / 6.3Shutter Speed1/160 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value12.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Tanwen Station (談文車站) opened in 1922 as the first stop on the Coastal Line (海岸線) south of the junction at Zhunan, built during the Japanese colonial era. It was originally named Danwenhu Station (淡文湖驛) after the surrounding locality, taking its present name in 1954. The modest station house, built in a hybrid Japanese-Western style with a gabled tiled roof, is one of only a handful of original wooden examples left in Taiwan.

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:48 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6GApertureƒ / 5.6Shutter Speed1/125 secFocal Length22.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.9 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

For most of its working life the station handled freight more than passengers, forwarding charcoal burned from the acacia woodland of the surrounding hills alongside red roof tiles from local kilns, timber, and quicklime. This trade faded through the 1970s as demand for charcoal and handmade tiles collapsed, and the station was steadily downgraded to an unstaffed stop by 1991. Nowadays the wooden building rests below the raised embankment of Provincial Highway 1, its street-facing side screened behind a corrugated metal fence and most easily seen from the island platform.

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:50 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6GApertureƒ / 5Shutter Speed1/125 secFocal Length23.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:46 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VRApertureƒ / 4.5Shutter Speed1/80 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO100Exposure Value10.7 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:53 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6GApertureƒ / 5Shutter Speed1/100 secFocal Length24.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedMay 28th, 2023 at 05:51 UTCCameraNIKON D3400LensAF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VRApertureƒ / 7.1Shutter Speed1/200 secFocal Length38.0 mmISO100Exposure Value13.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

This station underwent restoration work in 2025, with the project nearing completion in the summer of 2026. Initial photographs revealed a design unlike the original, prompting public outcry from heritage advocates in Taiwan.