Houtong railway station

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Houtong is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line located in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine, but now visitors come to see the numerous cats living in the town.

Name

In 1920, during Japanese rule, the station was established as Kōdō-eki (猴硐驛). In 1962, the name was modified, but returned to the original in 2013. In Taiwanese Hokkien, the station name is announced as Kau-tong-a.

Around the station

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