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![]() A Sugar Railway DIEMA diesel locomotive on the Magongcuo Line | |
Overview | |
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Main region(s) | Taiwan |
Parent company | Taiwan Sugar Corporation |
Dates of operation | 1907 | –present
Technical | |
Track gauge | 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) |
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Traditional Chinese | 臺灣糖業鐵路 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 台湾糖业铁路 | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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