Built during the Japanese era and without the use of nails, this charming train station was once the highest stop (at 480m) along the Western Trunk Line. After it closed in 1997, a small tourist village soon popped up, filling the old brick houses with all manner of teahouses, cafes and Hakka restaurants.
Four kilometres past the station stand the picturesque ruins of the Long Deng Viaduct (龍騰斷橋, Lóngténg Duàn Qiáo), destroyed in a 7.3-magnitude earthquake in 1930. The terracotta brick arches are held together with a sticky-rice and clam-shell mortar.
If you have a vehicle (especially a bike) consider continuing up the road to pretty Liyu Reservoir (鯉魚潭水庫, Lǐyú Tán Shuǐkù).
