"Since Taiwan's entry to the WTO, the value of rural villages has to depend on tourism," notes Huang Jui-chiang, who is amongst the people pushing for the restoration of the railway.
「台灣進入 WTO 後，農村的價值繫於觀光，」一手推動鐵路復駛的黃瑞疆指出，配合休閒農業時代的來臨，鐵路的復建相對重要。