Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) on March 7 and 8 will operate a special liner-class steam train service, called “Steam train meets Jimmy’s The Starry Starry Night train.” The train will depart from Ruifang station at 8 :00 in the morning, following a scenic route that takes in the coast and the mountains, arriving at Yilan County’s Dongshan station at 11:33. At Dongshan station travelers will be able to take a look at Taiwan’s only cucumber-trellis platform. According to the TRA, Dongshan station employs an elevated design that uses a series of curved steel arches to envelop the platform. The white canvas awning, when viewed from a distance, looks just like a long cucumber trellis. Its form has a streamlined feel to it and has been praised by netizens as Taiwan’s prettiest railway station.
“Steam train meets Jimmy’s The Starry Starry Night train” will arrive at Yilan’s Jimmy’s Theme Park at 12:20, after which box lunches will be distributed. The TRA says Taiwan’s first ever Jimmy’s Theme Park was constructed on the site of an old TRA dormitory and displays scenes and characters from Jimmy’s illustrations. Members of the public can also go to Yilan railway station to visit the smiling giraffe and the Starry Starry Night train in the forest.
(Liberty Times, translated by Edward Jones)
台鐵將在3月7日及3月8日各開一趟次「蒸汽火車遇見幾米星空列車」郵輪式列車。出發當天上午8點由瑞芳發車,沿途欣賞山海景色,上午11:33分抵達宜蘭冬山,旅客可以參觀台灣唯一的冬山站瓜棚式月台。台鐵指出,冬山站採高架化設計,以連串彎曲弧形的鋼條包覆月台,頂棚的白色帆布,遠而望之就像長長的瓜棚,造型極具流線感,被網友譽為全台最美麗的火車站。
Photo: Huang Li-hsiang, Liberty Times
照片: 自由時報記者黃立翔
「蒸汽火車遇見幾米星空列車」會在中午12點20分抵達宜蘭「幾米主題廣場」並發放便當。台鐵指出,全台第一座幾米主題廣場,是由鐵路局舊宿舍區改建而成,並呈現幾米繪本裡的場景與人物,民眾還可以到宜蘭火車站拜訪可愛的微笑長頸鹿,並參訪森林裡的星空列車。
(自由時報記者)
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