Taiping Mountain Forest Railway

Taiping Mountain Forest Railway
Taipingshan Mountain Forest Railway
Map
Technical
Line length36.4 km (22.6 miles)
Track gauge2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Minimum radius15 m
Operating speed15 km/h max.
Maximum incline3  %
Route map

Legend
0.0
 Tuchang (土場)
-1979
4.53
 Renze (仁澤)
+0.845
 Middle Station (中間)
+3.92
 Lantai (蘭臺)
-1979
+0.988
 Bailing (白嶺)
-1979
+3.20
 Baimi (白糸)
-1978
+0.946
 Shangping (上平)
+1.60
 Taiping Mountain (太平山)
+5.60
 Jianqing (見晴線)
Sanxing (三星線)
+15.3
 Zhongxinggang (中興崗)
+20.9
 Maoxing (茂興線)

The Taiping Mountain Forest Railway (Chinese: 太平山森林鐵路; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-pîng-soaⁿ Sim-lîm Thih-lō͘), also known as Bongbong Train (Chinese: 蹦蹦車; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Póng-póng-chhia) is a 36.4 km (22.6 miles) long narrow-gauge forest railway with a gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) in Yilan County, Taiwan.[1] Part of it can be used for heritage trains, but it is temporarily closed.[2]

  1. ^ Robert Kelly und Chung Wah Chow: Lonely Planet Taiwan. Lonely Planet, 1 February 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bong Bong Train (temporarily closed).