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Tons of people hopped onto the railway tracks at Tainan Station on Monday. That is, the tracks at the old overground station, which closed on the 17th of this month after railway services moved to underground tunnels. But the old station remains a popular sight, and visitors were allowed to go down to the tracks at a designated section to take photos. Many of them recreated a scene from a famous essay titled “Back View” by Chinese author Zhu Ziqing, in which the author’s father climbs onto the platform with a bag of tangerines. For those that didn’t bring the fruity prop, Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che was there on sight handing out Tainan ponkan tangerines. Let’s hear more.

Member of public
Visiting railway station
The railway services have all gone underground. Today is the last day you can take pictures on the tracks, so I brought my kid along to take photos together.

Member of public
Visiting railway station
It’s the end of an era, and the start of a new one. I hope Tainan will get better and more beautiful.

Huang Wei-che
Tainan Mayor
I wanted to make the most of the opportunity, because right now is the season for the green-skinned ponkan’s from Tainan’s Dongshan District. We saw so many people recreating the scene with Zhu Ziqing’s father, so we’re giving out our own green-skinned ponkans.

Member of public
Happy with his ponkan
I’m quite happy to have gotten a tangerine from the mayor. I brought my whole family along to take a look, and feel for ourselves what it’s like to be down on the tracks.

The old railway that served Tainan residents for more than half a century has finally retired from service. Many are sad to see it go. Crowds flocked to the old station to snap up beautiful memories, while getting an instant social media hit photo with the tangerines on the train tracks.

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