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Tainan Mass Rapid Transit
Proposed metro network, with the Blue line approved by the national Transportation Ministry in March 2024. The initial 9 km section of Bue line is planned to run between interchanges with TRC services, looping eastward from the main line and serving 10 stations, one of which would be on a ...
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Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS)
City government department set up in 1987. It is the authority for metro constuction in Taipei, to plan and design the metro network, and manage the operating contract (Taipei Rapid Transit Corp). The network is planned to continue growing, reaching 270 km by 2031. See Taipei network map. The first ...
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Taichung Metro
Opened 2021; single metro line serving 18 stations. See Taichung network map. The Green line is a standard gauge metro linking the high-speed station west of the city to Beitun Main in the north via City Hall and Daqing (16·7 km, 18 stations). Trial running began on November 16 2020, ...
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Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Opened 2017, single line serving 21 stations. See Taipei and Taoyuan network map. The Taoyuan Airport MRT began trial running on February 2 2017, with full opening on March 2 2017 (51·0 km, 21 stations). It incorporates the Blue line of the Taoyuan’s metro between Huanbei and the airport, also ...
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Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSRC)
The Taipei–Kaohsiung high-speed line, opened in 2007, was delivered through a build-operate-transfer concession awarded to THSRC. On July 27 2015 the Ministry of Transportation & Communications agreed to take a majority holding, although THSRC will remain privately managed. On March 15 2023 THSRC ordered 12 Series N700S high speed trainsets ...
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Taiwan Railway Corp Ltd (TRC)
First line opened 1887. West Trunk main line network (1 067 mm gauge) completed 1899. The first electrification 1979, with the south link between Fangliao and Taitung completing a rail loop in 1992. Electrification of the eastern line from Hualien to Taitung was completed in 2014, with wiring of the ...
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Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC)
First line opened 1996. Network now comprises 6 lines and 130 stations. See Taipei network map. TRTC operates Taipei’s rapid transit network under concession from Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS) - details of lines under construction or planned are listed on the DORTS page. Taipei Metro LineColourNameDirectionkmstaopenlast extnote ...
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Ministry of Transportation & Communications, Taiwan
In addition to exercising overall direction of the Taiwan Railway Administration and the Bureau of High Speed Rail, the Ministry also supervises railways owned by Taiwan Sugar Corp and Taiwan Forestry Administration. Address50 Section 1 Ren-ai RoadZhongzheng District100299 TaipeiTaiwanPhone+886 2 2349 2900Fax+886 2 2381 2491Websitewww.motc.gov.tw
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Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau
Local government agency overseeing network development. See Kaohsiung network map. This is the city government department responsible for planning and design of the metro and light rail network, and for procurement of concessions for construction and operation. These have been secured by Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation. First line (Red) opened ...
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Taiwan Railway Bureau (RB)
The Bureau of High-speed Rail (BOHSR) and the Railway Reconstruction Bureau (RRB) were merged in June 2018, forming the Railway Bureau as an agency of the Ministry of Transportation & Communication (MOTC). RB has responsibility for monitoring operation of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. As BOHSR, it managed construction ...
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Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp (KRTC)
Opened 2008. Two lines, serving 37 stations; also single light rail line serving 35 stops, opened 2015. See Kaohsiung network map. KRTC is the construction and operating concessionaire for the Red and Orange metro lines and the Circular LRT. These concessions are awarded by Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, the city ...
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New Taipei Metro Corp (NTMC)
Light rail network opened 2018, second system in 2023; three lines serving 23 stops. See Taipei & Taoyuan network map. Danhai Light Rail Transit SystemFirst section of a light rail network in the northern Tamsui district, linking Hongshulin near the north end of TRTC’s Tamsui Line to Kanding in the ...