Cishan Station is the only remaining Taiwan Sugar Railways wood-built station in Kaohsiung City. After the Qiwei Line opened to the public, Cishan Station (formerly Fanshuliao Courier Station) was completed around 1913 to 1915 to accommodate travelers’ needs, thus becoming Fanshuliao Street’s (Cishan Street) transitional portal into Jiuqutang Station and the West Coast line. Cishan Station’s exterior is of wooden, European design with an octagonal apex at the northeastern corner. This unique feature lends the station a fairytale atmosphere and has since become the station’s most distinguishing characteristic. The station incorporates both Western and Japanese wood construction techniques, therefore, a diversified structure is also one of the important features of Cishan Railway Station.
旗山／旗山車站（原旗山驛）
旗山車站是高雄市僅存的糖鐵木造車站。旗尾線鐵路開通後，為服務旅客上下車，約在1913年至1915年左右完成今旗山車站（原蕃薯藔驛、旗山驛）站體，成為蕃薯藔街（旗山街）民眾出入九曲堂轉接縱貫鐵路之門戶。
旗山車站平面格局與同時期木造車站類似，具有候車室、候車月臺、辦公室、站長室、值日室等空間。其外貌採用洋風木構造，並於東北角設有「八角尖頂」，使車站建築如同西方童話插圖中的小屋，為最具特色之處。
但包覆在裝修層後方的木構造卻同時採用西式（洋風）與日式（和風）兩個木構造系統。屬於日式木構造的真壁（土壁）被應用於西側站長室、值日室等處。車站構造之多樣性也是旗山火車站重要特色之一。
文／蔡侑樺
圖／高雄市政府文化局