Taiwan Sugar Railways

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A Sugar Railway DIEMA diesel locomotive on the Magongcuo Line
Overview
Main region(s)	Taiwan
Parent company	Taiwan Sugar Corporation
Dates of operation	1907 (1907)–present
Technical
Track gauge	762 mm (2 ft 6 in)

The Taiwan Sugar Railways is a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) industrial railway operated by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The railway was primarily used in the production of sugar by transporting sugarcane to mills, but 41 lines also provided passenger service.^[1]

After the Second World War the network reached its peak of 3000 kilometers, of which 675 were for passengers. ^[2]

From 1950 approximately 275 kilometers were added: "The North-South Parallel Preparatory Line". This connected all sugar factories. However, this was quickly shortened after a natural disaster, and increasingly after each disaster. The last part closed in 1998.^[3] The only line still used to carry sugarcane today is the Magongcuo Line in Huwei, Yunlin, though five other lines are partly preserved as heritage railways.^[4][5]