The line connecting the eastern Taiwan cities of Hualien and Taitung was not completed until 1926. Precipitous cliffs and plunging ravines defied all but the most determined efforts to conquer them.
至於花蓮到台東這段東線鐵路，因為沿路崇山峻嶺、溪澗湍急，工程幾度停頓，拖到民國十五年才完工。