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Airport MRT under construction under the future site of Taoyuan Airport Terminal 3 (2009). The BOHSR of the MOTC oversaw construction, [38] which began in 2006 and was scheduled for completion in 2013 but was plagued by multiple delays. [39] The entire system was budgeted at NT$113.85 billion. [40]
Airport Terminal 2 (Chinese: 機場第二航廈站) is a station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Dayuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. [1] The station is located directly under Terminal 2 of Taoyuan International Airport and opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017. [2] This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks. [3]
This is a route-map template for the Taoyuan Airport MRT, a rapid transit service in Taiwan.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
An extension is underway towards the future third terminal building, at which time the skytrain service will be limited to airport staff and passport-checked passengers only. The Taoyuan Airport MRT is to serve general public access between the terminals, the Airport Hotel, and the Taoyuan-Taipei area.
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.
Railway map of Taiwan. Total: 1,580 km (2009) (all on the island of Taiwan) Taiwan Railway: 1,097 km of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge; Taiwan High Speed Rail: 354 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge; Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit: 51.8 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge
Overcrowding of the airport in recent years prompted the construction of Terminal 2, which was opened on 29 July 2000, [5] with half of its gates operational; EVA Air was the first airline to move into Terminal 2. The remaining gates opened on 21 January 2005 for China Airlines, making China Airlines the only airline to operate from both terminals.
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below Taiwan High Speed Rail section for their relations in detail. There are five rapid transit systems in Taiwan: Taipei Metro, opened in March 1996, serves the core of Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area.