Ruisui () 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 pre ...
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 ...
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 ...
located in
Ruisui 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 ...
.
History
The station was opened on 26 January 1915.
Around the station
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Rareseed Ranch
The Rareseed Ranch or Ruisui Ranch () is a tourist attraction ranch in Wuhe Village, Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan.
History
The ranch was originally a papaya farm. It was then later transformed into a ranch. Milk produced by cows in ...
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Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker
The Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker () is a monument marking the Tropic of Cancer in Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan.
History
The monument was originally constructed in 1933 west of Ruisui Railway Station. Due to the Hualien–Taitung ...
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Saoba Stone Pillars
Saoba Stone Pillars (), as known as Wuhe Stone Pillars (), is an archaeological site at Wuhe Village, Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan.
History
The stone pillar are artifacts from Beinan culture since Stone Age era around 2,000-3,000 ye ...
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
1915 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations in Hualien County
Railway stations opened in 1915
Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
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