In order to exploit Taiwan's natural resources with maximum efficiency, the Japanese continued forward with Liu Mingchuan's railway plans and completed a north-south line running the length of the island in just 13 years.
為了「物盡其用」台灣資源，日人沿著清代留下的鐵路加速趕工，短短十三年，縱貫鐵路一氣呵成，沿線的台中也終於出頭天。