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Though initially christened under the banner of Taroko Express, the trains were soon relegated to regular Tze-Chiang service-level, the only difference between them and other trains being their routes: between Taipei/Hsinchu/Shulin and Hualien and Kaohsiung and Changhua, though some have been seen on longer-distance runs from Kaohsiung to ...
In June 2012, officials announced the discontinuation of the last remaining commercial flight between Taipei and Kaohsiung. [96] The share for conventional rail between Taipei and Kaohsiung fell from 9.71% in 2006 to 2.5% in 2008, while high-speed rail became the most common mode of transport at 50% of all trips by 2008. [97]
New Taipei Metro, opened in December 2018, serves the Danhai New Town and New Taipei Taichung Metro , opened in April 2021, serves the core of Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area . The Alishan Forest Railway is currently administered by Forestry Bureau as a heritage railway for tourists in Alishan National Scenic Area .
There are five urban transit systems in Taiwan: Taipei Metro, New Taipei Metro, Taichung Metro, Taoyuan Metro, and Kaohsiung Metro. Taipei Metro opened in 1996 and runs on an extensive network of both Multiple Unit for the high-capacity system as well as VAL for the medium-capacity system throughout the metropolitan area of Taipei. The metro ...
Rail transport in Taiwan consists of 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) (as of 2015) of railway networks. [2] Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
THSR Zuoying station concourse MRT Zuoying station platform TR platform level THSR platform level. Zuoying (Chinese: 左營; pinyin: Zuǒyíng) is a metro and railway station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by Kaohsiung MRT, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railway (formerly Taiwan Railways Administration), where it is known as Xinzuoying (Chinese: 新左營; lit.
Kaohsiung Metro (Chinese: 高雄大眾捷運系統, 高雄捷運) [1] is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System [4] or Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (KRT). Construction of the MRT started in October 2001. [5]
The first train was shipped to Taiwan in May 2004. [20] Running tests started on the THSR high speed line on January 27, 2005, after four months of delays, on the Tainan–Kaohsiung section. [21] During the tests, a national speed record of 315 km/h (196 mph) was achieved on October 30, 2005. [22] All 30 trains were delivered to Taiwan by 2006. [3]