The train was traveling between the cities of Shulin and Taitung when it derailed Sunday on a coastal line reportedly popular with tourists.
The train was carrying 366 passengers when the accident occurred just before 5 pm local time, the transport ministry said.
All eight train carriages derailed in the incident, with five of these overturning, the ministry said.
A 43-year-old American woman was among those injured, according to the ministry. She has been sent to a local hospital.
The cause of the derailment is under investigation.
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