The benefits from the North Link Railway are multiple: to exploit resources of Eastern Taiwan, to promote industrial and commercial development, to increase employment, to improve the railroad transportation on the east line to fully utilize the Hualien harbor, to promote tourism and to strengthen the national defenses on the east side of the island.
北迴鐵路完工後，將收到多元化的效益：開發東部資源，促進工商發展，增加就業機會。改善東線鐵路營運，充分發揮花蓮港的功能。促進東部觀光事業的發展。加強東部的國防建設。