Houtong railway station
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| Location | Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E | ||||||||||
| System | Train station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
| Line | Eastern Trunk line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Taiwan Railway Corporation | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 January 1920 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1,543 daily (2024) | |||||||||||
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Houtong (Chinese: 猴硐車站; pinyin: Hóudòng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway 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.