Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
There's free internet at the Chunghua Telecom office in Alishan Village. Both the village
post office and the 7-Eleven have ATMs but we advise that you bring cash with you.
dated to reflect the typhoon damage.
Public Health Clinic
(Wèishēngsuǒ; 267 9806)
The clinic has irregular hours, but is al-
ways open in the mornings and usually the afternoons, too. It's just down the road from
the Catholic Hostel, near the entrance gate to the park.
Visitor centre
( 267 9917; 8.30am-5.30pm)
Located below the entrance to Alishan
House, and a five-minute uphill walk from the car park. An excellent English map is
available here.
Getting There & Away
BUS
Buses to Chiayi train station (NT$221, 2½ hours, hourly) run from 9.10am to 5.10pm
and leave from in front of the 7-Eleven. There are two buses to Chiayi HSR station
(NT$255, three hours) leaving at 2.40pm and 4.40pm.
TRAIN
There are four train stations in Alishan.
Alishan Station
In Zhongzheng Village (main train station).
Chaoping Station
A few minutes by train up the track.
Chushan Station
Twenty-five minutes by train up the track. It's where passengers watch
the sunrise.
Shenmu Station
Five minutes by train up the track. It's a spur line to the trailhead of Gi-
ant Tree Trail.
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Fenqihu
A former repair and maintenance station for the Alishan railway, Fenqihu (Fènqǐhú) sits
about halfway up the line at an altitude of 1405m. Once a popular stop for both tour bus
and rail passengers, the future of this old Hakka village is uncertain.
