Decommissioned train car transformed into ice cream parlor
Decommissioned train car transformed into ice cream parlor
2025-07-01
Many people choose Kaohsiung as a travel destination. There’s the good weather and famous tourist hotspots like the Pier2 Art Center. Now there’s one more spot you can’t miss: a cozy ice cream parlor inside an old train car. Apart from offering unique gelato flavors, it also preserved the original look and feel of the cabin. With the perfect combination of old and new, it’s no wonder it’s packed on weekdays and weekends alike.
When you step inside this train car, the first thing you see isn’t vintage seating. It’s a brand-new ice cream counter. Lots of customers are stepping inside to order a couple of scoops with a coffee.
Customer
It’s not bad. Their ice cream and drinks are both pretty good.
Customer
I used to take trains like this all the time. Now to have a dining car just like it, I think it’s really fresh and really great.
The shop is located next to Hamasen Station on the light rail. The owner transformed a decommissioned train car into an ice cream parlor, selling gelato with special Taiwanese flavors made from tea and fruit. Many customers make the journey just to get some.
Ben
Store cofounder
We’re a tea-based ice cream parlor. We have a lot of special tea flavors. Some we mix with fruits to give it a flavor that’s both familiar and surprising.
Although it’s now an ice cream parlor, the owners preserved and restored the original functionality of the train car.
The brakes, horn, and headlights inside the conductor’s cabin, as well as the automatic doors all work, transporting people back to the railways of 2003.
Ku Ting-wei
Takao Railway Museum director
It’s a decommissioned Tze-chiang express car, so it was already here in the so-called train junkyard. The city government made a plan to take the cherished train that’s so intertwined with Kaohsiung’s history and bring it back from the dead.
These train cars feature in the memories of many city residents. Now they can not only enjoy it once more, but can also sit inside to enjoy a cozy afternoon.
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復古車廂變身文青店！高雄退役火車變身冰淇淋店
2025-07-01
不少人出遊會選擇到高雄旅遊，享受溫暖陽光，而知名景點駁二也是大家喜愛的打卡點之一，就有業者特別將退役的火車車廂，打造成舒適的冰淇淋店，除了特殊的義式冰淇淋口味相當吸引人，他們也修復並保留了車廂中原本的火車元素，結合傳統與創新，不論平日還是假日都吸引滿滿人潮。
踏進火車車廂，映入眼簾的不是記憶中的復古座位，而是新潮的冰淇淋櫃，不少遊客會走上列車，點個雙球冰淇淋再配一杯咖啡。
[[遊客]]
“就還不錯，因為他的冰品跟飲品都很好喝”
[[遊客]]
“以前平常都是坐火車這樣，那今天有這樣一個類似餐車的部分，感覺非常的新奇也非常的好”
這個地點就在輕軌哈瑪星站旁，業者將退役的火車車廂改造成冰淇淋店，義式冰淇淋結合台灣特有的茶葉和水果，吸引遊客來朝聖。
[[冰淇淋店共同創辦人 Ben]]
“我們是以茶為主的一間冰淇淋店，我們有很多茶的特色口味，我們會讓茶去跟水果融合，搭配出既熟悉又驚奇的味道”
雖然變成了賣冰淇淋的店面，但業者仍保留並修復部分火車功能。
包含駕駛室中的剎車閥、汽笛和頭燈，還有出口處的自動門等等，都讓人回憶起2003年的嘟嘟火車。
[[舊打狗驛故事館館長 古庭維]]
“其實它因為是一個退役的自強號，所以其實它本來已經到這個，所謂的廢車場裡面。那我們市政府這次做這樣子的企劃，也算是把這個珍貴的，跟高雄市歷史非常有關的火車，從鬼門關救了回來”
退役的火車是許多市民朋友的記憶，如今不僅有展示功能，還讓遊客們能進入車廂，坐下來享受愜意的午後時光。
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