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In April 2017, Taoyuan Metro borrowed an ultrasonic flaw detection vehicle from Taipei Metro to conduct comprehensive inspections on its rail tracks after a crack was discovered on a track point at the emergency halt between Linkou and Shanbi. At that time, Taoyuan Metro only had a hand-pushed ultrasonic inspection device for such purposes. [31]
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.
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.
Unlike earlier MRT trains used in Taiwan, these trains use plug doors to reduce noise with the doors configured to be three dual-leaf doors per side per car. [7] The 1000 series are also fitted with exterior LCD displays to denote the nature of the train service and the stations served.
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) commenced operations on 5 January 2007, after some delays in 2006. The THSR connects Taipei City in the northeast of the island of Taiwan to Kaohsiung City in the southwest. The journey time is about 90 minutes compared to ~3 hours by conventional rail. 30 Shinkansen Class 700T sets are running on the 345 km ...
The Keelung MRT is a medium-volume rapid transit system planned in the Taipei metropolitan area of Taiwan. It mainly serves public transportation between Keelung City, Xizhi District, New Taipei, and Nangang District, Taipei, Formerly known as the "Mountain Line" in the "Keelung Light Rail" project promoted by the Keelung City Government, On February 22, 2022, the then President of the ...
A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel, killing at least 48 passengers in the island's worst rail disaster in four decades.
All lines will use standard gauge track, with the exception of the Red line which will use 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge railway as it is basically a reconstruction of the Taoyuan portion of the TRA Western Line into an underground railway tunnel intended to support more frequent, rapid transit-like local rail services (rather like the reconstruction of TRA railways in Greater Taipei and ...