Nantou County’s Checheng [車埕] serves as the terminal station of the Jiji Branch Line [集集線]. In the past, the area prospered as a transshipment point for lumber and from hydroelectric building projects [the Menpaitan (門牌潭) powerhouse in 1919 and later the Minghu (明湖) and Mingtan (明潭) powerhouses built in the 1980s].
Although the logging industry has declined, the area now serves as a tourist area.
An old building next to Cedar Lake:
I’m still having trouble getting over how amazing it felt to take a vacation day on Saturday so that I could actually enjoy an entire weekend.
A water refill tower used back when steam-powered locomotives frequently visited:
In front of a traffic mirror, the background is a fairly large police station for such a small area:
Checheng wouldn’t be complete without a stray dog following you around. This one had a wonderful personality and temperament:
Adjacent to this building is a row of tourist shops and a cafe:
The Checheng Station building looks beautiful. Do you know when it was built?
I don’t know the exact year, the original structure was made of concrete and destroyed by the 921 Earthquake. The area was put under the management of the Sun Moon Lake Park Administration and rebuilt as the gorgeous wood structure standing today.
I meant to go to Checheng when I was in Jiji a couple of months ago, but I ran out of daylight. Thanks for sharing what I missed.
Nice account, nice pics. Haven’t been there in a decade, they’ve really done it up since…