The invention relates to a horizontal electroless nickel / immersion gold assembly line and an electroless nickel / immersion gold method. The horizontal electroless nickel / immersion gold assembly line comprises an automatic plate placing machine, a first micro-etching bath, a first rinsing bath set, a sand blasting machine, a second rinsing bath set, an oil removing bath set, a third rinsing bath set, a second micro-etching bath, a fourth rinsing bath set, a pre-soaking bath, an activated bath set, a fifth rinsing bath set, a pickling bath, a sixth rinsing bath set, a first surface treatment system, a seventh rinsing bath set, a second surface treatment system, a gold recovery bath, an eighth rinsing bath set, an operation station, a ninth rinsing bath set, a blowing-drying bath set, an automatic plate collecting machine and a conveying mechanism which are sequentially arranged. The horizontal electroless nickel / immersion gold assembly line has the effects of being short, suitable for installation and use in general small factories, high in electroless nickel / immersion gold efficiency and high in electroless nickel / immersion gold quality.