Dongli railway station () is a railway station located in Fuli Township,

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It is located on the

Taitung line The Taitung Line (), also known as the Hua-Tung line (), is the southern section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. The line starts at the Hualien station and ends at the Taitung station. It is 161.5 km long, includ ...

and is operated by Taiwan Railways.

History

The railway station was originally constructed in the southeast of the current station building when the line was not yet rerouted. After the line was rerouted, the new station building was constructed to be what is the current Dongli railway station today and the old station was named Old Dongli railway station (). The old station now serves as the southern end of the 9.8-km long Yufu Bikeway () taking place of the old section of the railway line before the rerouting works. On 18 September 2022, six coaches of the

Tze-chiang limited express The Tze-Chiang Express, also spelled "Tzu-chiang" or "Ziqiang" () is a type of express train service operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) in Taiwan. Of the five service classes operated by the TRA, the Tze-Chiang trains is the faste ...

which was stopping at the station derailed cause by the

2022 Taitung earthquakes The 2022 Taitung earthquakes were a series of two earthquakes affecting Taitung and Hualien Counties, Taiwan. The first earthquake struck Taitung on September 17, 2022, occurring with a magnitude of 6.5 , causing minor damage and some injuries. ...

Around the station

Dongli Story House The Dongli Story House () is a rice mill in Fuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. History The building is a rice mill which was originally established in 1899 named Dongli Rice Factory. In the 1950s, the factory moved to its current bigger lo ...

References

1924 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations opened in 1924 Railway stations in Hualien County Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration {{Taiwan-railstation-stub