In April 1908, the second year since the end of Kodama and Goto's control of Taiwan, the island's main artery for transport and commerce, the north-south railway, was opened.
1908 年 4 月，「兒玉與後藤時代」落幕後第 2 年，台灣全島交通、經濟的大動脈──南北縱貫線鐵路宣告全線通車。