Electrification to turn Taiwan into a ‘one day trip zone’

Electrification of the 123·4 km South-Link Line between Taitung and Chaozhou is expected to lead to considerably shorter journey times.

TAIWAN: The Ministry of Transportation & Communications’ Railway Reconstruction Bureau has awarded Nippon Signal and Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corp a contract to electrify the final non-electrified section of the route circling the island.

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