While not all of these are still in operation, you can still see traces of railway history in every corner of Taiwan. The impact of railroads has been so broad and deep that just researching the railroad's development would result in a complete history of modern Taiwan. The railways also explore all the aspects of variety of Taiwan's geography, from the mountains to the sea.
鐵路所呈現的面貌多元而深刻，單單研究鐵道發展就可以是一篇完整的台灣現代史，而火車上山下海的靈活運輸，也將台灣地形高低起伏的複雜變化一覽無遺。