Jiji railway station
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| Location | 75, Minsheng Rd. Jiji, Nantou County Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°49′34″N 120°47′06″E / 23.826179°N 120.785104°E | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 20.1 km from Ershui | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||
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| Classification | 簡易站 (Taiwan Railways Administration level) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 January 1922 | ||||||||||
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| 238 daily (2024) | |||||||||||
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Jiji (Chinese: 集集火車站; pinyin: Jíjí Huǒchēzhàn) is a railway station in Jiji Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It lies along the Taiwan Railway-operated Jiji line, the longest branch line in Taiwan. The station is registered as a historic building, preserving Japanese-style architecture. It is now a tourist destination supported by the Jiji town office.
The Jiji line, including Jiji station, was opened in 1922 to bring construction materials to a power plant at Sun Moon Lake. It soon began carrying wood and agricultural produce, as well as passengers. The initial station was too small for its expanding use, and so a new station building made of cypress was completed in 1933. Proposals to shut down the line in 1986 were opposed by local residents, and the line rebranded in 1994 as a tourist railway. The 1999 Jiji earthquake heavily damaged the station, but it was rebuilt in the same style and re-opened in 2001.