The Forestry Bureau formally handed over operating rights over the railroad to Hungtu in June of 2008, making it, after the Taiwan High Speed Railway, only Taiwan's second privately operated rail line.
去年 6 月，阿里山森林鐵路經營權正式由林務局交到宏都阿里山公司手上，森鐵成了繼高鐵之後，台灣第 2 條民營鐵路。