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Taichung County government saw potential for tourism along the route, so a paved bike path known as the Dongfeng Bicycle Greenway was constructed on November 15, 2000, making it the first railway line to be rebuilt in Taiwan. Tungshih and Shihgang stations were refurbished into visitor centers.
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514:"你知道台鐵曾有「新店線」嗎？探索8條廢棄路線，是阿公阿嬤最美的回憶啊"
222:. The line was a branch line of the
698:捷運政策比一比／胡提七線齊發 蘇推幸福山海線 - 2010五都選舉專區
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673:(in Chinese (Taiwan)).
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755:Taiwan Railway lines
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647:on December 8, 2011
354:Transfers and Notes
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829:Shalun line
819:Pingxi line
814:Neiwan line
809:Liujia line
680:November 8,
651:November 8,
620:November 8,
589:November 8,
555:November 8,
523:November 8,
215:Dōngshìxiàn
169:Track gauge
160:Line length
110:Operator(s)
48:Native name
35:Dajia River
1044:TRA routes
1038:Categories
762:Main lines
713:2019-11-08
499:References
272:Dasyueshan
147:1991-09-01
132:1959-01-12
104:Heavy rail
804:Jiji line
667:"東豐自行車綠廊"
357:Location
345:Taiwanese
309:In 2010,
299:Techi Dam
248:bike path
155:Technical
997:Yongning
987:Hengchun
926:Shengang
876:Donggang
707:Archived
641:海洋與鐵道的記憶
606:軌道傳奇-東勢線
540:軌道傳奇-東勢線
471:Tungshih
424:Shihkang
392:Fengyuan
363:Fengyuan
324:Stations
314:Jason Hu
236:Taichung
228:Fengyuan
87:Stations
75:Fengyuan
43:Overview
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956:Xindian
881:Dongshi
859:Defunct
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292:Shigang
254:History
232:Dongshi
202:Chinese
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120:History
95:Service
79:Dongshi
68:Termini
982:Jiahou
946:Tamsui
911:Linkou
838:Others
450:Meitsu
240:Taiwan
212::
210:pinyin
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140:Closed
125:Opened
992:Huwei
695:唐在馨.
635:鄧志忠.
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350:Hakka
58:Owner
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