Houtong railway station
| Train station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ruifang, New Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°05′14.0″N 121°49′39.7″E / 25.087222°N 121.827694°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Trunk line | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Taiwan Railways Administration | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 27 January 1920 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1,543 daily (2024) | |||||||||||
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Houtong (Chinese: 猴硐車站; pinyin: Hóudòng Chēzhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line located in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine, but now visitors come to see the numerous cats living in the town.