Wang Chin-fa, 78, who lives near Lingchiao on the Pinghsi line, rides the train one stop every day to the Pinghsi station to eat at an old friend's noodle stand and sing an old Taiwanese folk song with his friends: "The train passes over the river. Me and my girl don't match.
住在平溪線嶺腳站旁、七十八歲的王金發老先生，每天都要坐一站火車，到平溪站旁老朋友的麵攤吃碗麵，唱唱古老的閩南「相褒歌」（男女對唱式的民間歌曲）：「火車鐵路溪橋上過，我與娘子不相配… …」。