page_title: Beimen railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Beimen railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: PeiMen Station is one of the train station of ALiShan Railways, a mountain railway in central Taiwan. It's the located within the boundary of ChiaYi City. This photo shows the old station building no longer be used. It was refurbished and has been appointed as a local heritage site.中文: 北門車站是阿里山森林鐵路沿線上的一座車站，位於嘉義市境內。圖中所見是經過整修過的舊車站本體，目前已不再作為車站使用，而是作為古蹟用途保存。
context_page_description: Beimen is a railway station on the Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.
context_section_description: The station was opened on 1 October 1912. On 16 May 1998 the station caught in fire which resulted the 40% burning of station right side. The Chiayi Forest District Office then planned a budget to restore the station and restoration work was completed on 7 November the same year. In August 1999, section of the railway between Fenqihu Station and Alishan Station was badly damaged by Typhoon Morakot. After restoration efforts, a successful trail run of the train between Beimen Station and Alishan Station was made on 16 September 2015.
caption: Old building of Beimen railway station
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