Particularly notable is its 16-kilometer stretch from Sanyi in Miaoli County to Houli in Taichung County, which includes the Shenghsing Station, with the highest elevation of any station in Taiwan, and the famous broken bridge of Yutengping. This section of track is the steepest on the west coast and of great scenic and cultural interest.
尤其是苗栗三義到台中後里這一段十六公里的路程，會經過海拔最高點的勝興車站，以及聞名中外的魚藤坪斷橋，堪稱西部縱貫鐵路中地勢最險峻，人文景觀最特殊的一段。