If you look down from the raised platform in Taichung County's Tai-an New Station, you are sure to spot four parked train cars across from the station with the words "Sinkansen Train Station Bed and Breakfast" emblazoned in big characters on a sign outside. You might find yourself scratching your head and asking yourself, "When did Taiwan Railways get into the B & B business?"
台中縣泰安新站，是全台唯一的高架鐵道車站，當西部幹線疾行至此，從站內月台往下看，總會見到停放在車站對面的 4 節火車廂，還寫著大大的「新幹線列車站．民宿」字樣，讓人不免狐疑：「台鐵什麼時候開了民宿？」