Over the last few years, tourism by train has gradually grown in popularity. Like the Mt. Ali forestry railway, several other branch lines which had faced closure, such as the Pinghsi, Neiwan and Chichi lines, have been reprieved and are now very popular with weekend day-trippers.
這幾年鐵路旅遊逐漸興起，除了名聞遐邇的阿里山森林鐵路，幾條原本面臨裁撤卻又起死回生的支線如平溪、內灣、集集線，早已成為都會人周末一日遊的熱門路線。