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TAIWAN RAIL DEVELOPMENTS | HSR, TRAs, MRTs, METROS

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Taipei Nangang Station, HSR/TRA/MRT, 2011

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TRA Branch Lines



Hsinchu (Construction)
TRA/THSR, Lioujia Line, 2010
11.28 km
4 stations
http://www.erieb.gov.tw/eg4e.htm

Tainan (Construction)
TRA/THSR, Salun Line, 2010
6.4 km
2 stations
http://www.erieb.gov.tw/eg5e.htm

Keelung (Construction)
Shenao Line (Marine Museum), 2011
5 km
2 stations

Taoyuan MRT (Construction)
Taipei/Taoyuan Airport Express, 2014 (Construction)
51 km
21 stations

Rolling Stock: Kawasaki

http://www.mrt.tpc.gov.tw/web66/_fil...9537/map1b.jpg
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Taipei MRT Projects



Light Metro (Construction)

Rolling Stock: Bombardier


Brown Line - Neihu Extension, July 1st, 2009
14.8 km
12 stations

Orbital Line, 2014 (Planning)
15.4 km
14 stations
http://www.mrt.tpc.gov.tw

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Heavy Metro (Construction)

Rolling Stock: Kawasaki


Orange Line, 2013
19.7 km
16 stations

Orange Line - Luzhou Extension, 2010
6.4 km
5 stations

Green Line - Songshan Extension, 2012
8.5 km
8 stations

Blue Line - Nangang Extension, 2008
2.5 km
2 stations

Blue Line - Dingpu Extension, 2013
2 km
1 station

Red Line - Xinyi Extension, 2012
6.4 km
5 stations
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TRA Western Line Reconstruction (Construction)


Kaohsiung Underground Railway Project, 2016
9.75 km rail tunnel

Taichung Elevated Railway Project, 2015
21.19 km viaduct

TRA Eastern Line Reconstruction (Construction)

Hualien - Taidong Electrification and Double-Track, 2015
155 km


INFO GATHERED BY COYETTE ON SSP.
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Some pictures of the very recently opened Nangang station, taken December 27.



The new station includes a significant amount of public art compared to existing metro stations.





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[QUOTE=Coyett;4034732]Images of Jimmy Liao's mural installation at Nangang Station.

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nightwing_26/


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Jimmy Liao - http://www.culture.tw/index.php?opti...905&Itemid=157
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Including THSR, TRA, Taipei MRT & Other Routes...
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airport MRT rolling stock outside Kawasaki


more pics and info here - http://www.2427junction.com/taiwanreporttm.html
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the circular line is really what we need to make the system much more efficient and dispersed rather than having everyone go to the middle of the network to transfer. glad to see that the E&M for the system has recently been awarded!

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i like the design of the nangang station entrance. but i dont like the wall art in the interior of the station. too fine artsy/illustrative to me. and i dont like the airport mrt trains - too conventional and dull. i wish they would've built a maglev futuristic-type train to the airport.
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i like the design of the nangang station entrance. but i dont like the wall art in the interior of the station. too fine artsy/illustrative to me. and i dont like the airport mrt trains - too conventional and dull. i wish they would've built a maglev futuristic-type train to the airport.
They'll probably paint the airport mrt to match the rest of the mrt system, as that is its intended purpose. I don't really see a need for maglevs in Taiwan other than the coolness factor, as 1) we don't need that kind of speed for such a small island, and 2) our 80 km/hr APMs are already whisper quiet and alot cheaper to maintain.

A practical thing to build in Taipei that is cool would be some kind of futuristic suspended rail or monorail in Xinyi. I would've suggested Neihu or DaAn, but those places already have our slick light rails =P
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Taichung City`s MRT Scheduled to Break Ground in Oct.

2009/04/21
Taipei, April 21, 2009 (CENS)--After years of postponement, Taichung City`s mass transit system is scheduled to break ground in October this year and be launched in 2015, according to the revised construction plan for the system passed by the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) yesterday (April 20).

The plan approved by the CEPD is for the first line of the city`s mass rapid transit system, the green line which will pass the city`s downtown areas, along Beitun Road and Wenxin Road, and connect to the Wuri station of the high-speed rail, in Taichung County, extending 16.71 kilometers, including 15.94 kilometers of elevated route and 0.77 kilometers of underground section, and dotted with 18 stations. The total budget for the line stands at NT$51.39 billion, up 80% from the original level, mainly to cover the increased costs caused by inflation.

The Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) already approved the original construction plan for the line in 2004, with a budget of NT$28.7 billion, whose construction, though, has been repeatedly postponed. The revised plan will be submitted to the Executive Yuan for ratification soon.

An official of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) pointed out that the government will also accelerate the planning and construction of the other two lines of Taichung City`s mass rapid transit system, the blue line passing the Zhonggang Road and the orange line passing the Zhongqing Road.

The construction of the green line will coincide with the planned merger of Taichung City and County and the upgrading of the merged entity to a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the central government by the end of this year. It, therefore, will make valuable contribution to the development of greater Taichung.

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Taichung City`s MRT Scheduled to Break Ground in Oct.

2009/04/21
Taipei, April 21, 2009 (CENS)--After years of postponement, Taichung City`s mass transit system is scheduled to break ground in October this year and be launched in 2015, according to the revised construction plan for the system passed by the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) yesterday (April 20).

The plan approved by the CEPD is for the first line of the city`s mass rapid transit system, the green line which will pass the city`s downtown areas, along Beitun Road and Wenxin Road, and connect to the Wuri station of the high-speed rail, in Taichung County, extending 16.71 kilometers, including 15.94 kilometers of elevated route and 0.77 kilometers of underground section, and dotted with 18 stations. The total budget for the line stands at NT$51.39 billion, up 80% from the original level, mainly to cover the increased costs caused by inflation.

The Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) already approved the original construction plan for the line in 2004, with a budget of NT$28.7 billion, whose construction, though, has been repeatedly postponed. The revised plan will be submitted to the Executive Yuan for ratification soon.

An official of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) pointed out that the government will also accelerate the planning and construction of the other two lines of Taichung City`s mass rapid transit system, the blue line passing the Zhonggang Road and the orange line passing the Zhongqing Road.

The construction of the green line will coincide with the planned merger of Taichung City and County and the upgrading of the merged entity to a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the central government by the end of this year. It, therefore, will make valuable contribution to the development of greater Taichung.

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I think it is poor decision making, the local government does not consider very much, they only just want to build a MRT and let it go.
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I know Taichung well....lots of motorcycles on the roads. I really do hope that they do some serious planning of the region's network. There is a high demand for rapid transit.
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after all these are completed, I think I want to move back to Taiwan
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after all these are completed, I think I want to move back to Taiwan
lol, does your city have those developments going on?
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lol, does your city have those developments going on?
some of them...
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some of them...
Would you mind saying which city you are in
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[QUOTE=Taipei Walker]some pictures of finished neihu line from 齊柏林 blog

source: http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/aerofoto-taiwan/gallery

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Does anyone know the platform lengths of each station?
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i like the design of the nangang station entrance. but i dont like the wall art in the interior of the station. too fine artsy/illustrative to me. and i dont like the airport mrt trains - too conventional and dull. i wish they would've built a maglev futuristic-type train to the airport.
a maglev would be overkill for 55 km. what we DO need however are express trains to be of the commuter type rather than the mrt-type we're seeing right now. Perhaps we might see more of the TRA Tilt rail types like on the east coast being brought over for this line.

off the top of my head, a standard high capacity coach is around 25 meters, so assuming all stations accomodate 6 full trains, the platforms should all be approximately 150 meters long.
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^ I thought there are are 8 cars in a set? If so, the platforms would be 190 m....correct me if I am wrong!
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why are the cars so tiny? they look like little toy trains. are they smaller than muzha trains?
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