Scenic route
Alishan Forest Railway
Chiayi → Alishan · Taiwan
Alishan Forest Railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 71 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h
- Average speed
- 14 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Train
- DL-class diesel, 762 mm
- Countries
- Taiwan
- In service since
- 1912
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
762 mm trains climb 2,186 m in 71 km via the Dulishan spiral and summit switchbacks; fully reopened in 2024, 15 years after Typhoon Morakot.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5570989 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 28 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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