Dounan () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
on the
Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...
(TRA)
West Coast line located in
Dounan Township,
Yunlin County
Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...
,
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 ...
.
History
The station was opened on 15 December 1903.
Architecture
The station was built with a mix of Japanese and Western-style architecture.
Around the station
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Honey Museum
The Honey Museum () is a museum about honey and bees in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Architecture
The entrance to the museum is through a green tunnel with a giant bee model above it. The museum has a large field area for children to ...
See also
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List of railway stations in Taiwan
There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan:
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ...
References
External links
1903 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations in Yunlin County
Railway stations opened in 1903
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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