Uncertainty still hangs over Beitou cable car project

Japan’s discovery of geothermal springs in Taiwan’s Beitou district back in 1895, began a 100-year love affair with the hot-spring culture in the area. This simple, time-honored village fuses remnants of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan with that of the local Ketagalan tribal culture.

The planned Beitou Cable Car route will cover 4.8km and transport 2,000 people per hour, ascending from Beitou to Longfeng Valley before proceeding up to Yangmingshan Park and the terminal station further up the mountain. Besought with corruption, environmental problems and issues concerning the destruction of cultural assets, with thirty-three years already passing since former president Lee Tung-hui first proposed this controversial plan, it is clear that much careful consideration should be taken before proceeding.

Uncertainty still hangs over Beitou cable car project
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(以下為中文對照)

漂浮中的北投纜車

北投是北台灣最具歷史情懷的溫泉泉鄉，早在一八九五年日本軍隊發現溫泉地熱，從那時開始，就揭開了北投一百多年來的風花雪月。這裡一直是個純樸且歷史悠久的歷史文化小鎮，融合日治時期的遺跡和平埔族凱達格蘭的歷史。北投纜車，規劃路線全長4.8公里，運量每小時約2000人，設置山下站、龍鳳谷、陽明公園以及山上站，由李登輝提出後，政策過程歷經了33年，途中曾爆發弊案、環評問題、對於文化資產與古蹟的破壞等等亦需要多重考量。