Red line (Kaohsiung Metro)

Red line
Red line platform at Formosa Boulevard station
Overview
Locale	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini	Gangshan South Siaogang
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	North South
History
Opened	9 March 2008; 14 years ago (2008-03-09)
Technical
Line length	31.1 km (19.3 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground/At-Grade/Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map Legend Gangshan South ( Western Trunk line) Ciaotou ( Western Trunk line) Ciaotou Sugar Refinery Cingpu Metropolitan Park Houjing Nanzih Export Processing Zone Oil Refinery Elementary School World Games ( Western Trunk line ) ( ) Zuoying Ecological District Kaohsiung Arena Aozihdi Houyi Kaohsiung Main Station ( Western Trunk line, Pingtung line ) Kaohsiung Main Station (former site) Formosa Boulevard (  ) Central Park Sanduo Shopping District Shihjia Kaisyuan (  ) Cianjhen Senior High School Caoya Kaohsiung International Airport KHH Siaogang This diagram: view talk

The Red line is a metro line of Kaohsiung Metro which runs north–south through the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At 31 kilometres (19 mi), it is the second longest metro line in Taiwan, after Taoyuan Airport MRT.

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei District^{[citation needed]}. This would add 8 stations to the line.

History[]

The line was the first metro line built in southern Taiwan, and started construction on 24 October 2001. It opened for service on 9 March 2008 and was free for one month until 6 April.^[1]

Stations[]

Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
	English	Chinese
RK8	Dahu	大湖	Gangshan-Lujhu		Hunei	Kaohsiung
RK7	Lujhu	路竹			Lujhu
RK6	Lujhu South	南路竹
RK5	Kao Yuan University	高苑科技大學
RK4	Kaohsiung Science District	高雄科學園區
RK3	Benjhou Industrial Park	本洲產業園區			Gangshan
RK2	National Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School	岡山農工
RK1	Gangshan	岡山	Main/Gangshan-Lujhu	Gangshan
R24	Gangshan South	南岡山	Main		Gangshan	Kaohsiung
R23	Ciaotou Station	橋頭火車站		Qiaotou	Ciaotou
R22A	Ciaotou Sugar Refinery	橋頭糖廠
R22	Cingpu (NKFUST)[A]	青埔 (高科大)
R21	Metropolitan Park	都會公園			Nanzih
R20	Houjing (NKMU) [B]	後勁 (海科大)
R19	Nanzih Export Processing Zone	楠梓加工區
R18	Oil Refinery Elementary School	油廠國小
R17	World Games/ National Sports Complex	世運／ 國家體育園區
R16	Zuoying/THSR	左營／高鐵		Xinzuoying (ZUY/12)	Zuoying
R15	Ecological District	生態園區
R14	Kaohsiung Arena (Sanmin Household & Commercial High School)	巨蛋 (三民家商)			Zuoying Gushan
R13	Aozihdi	凹子底		via (C24) [2019]
R12	Houyi	後驛			Sanmin
R11	Kaohsiung Main Station	高雄車站		Kaohsiung
R10	Formosa Boulevard	美麗島		(O5)	Sinsing
R9	Central Park	中央公園			Sinsing Lingya
R8	Sanduo Shopping District	三多商圈			Lingya Cianjhen
R7	Shihjia (Labor Park)	獅甲 勞工公園)			Cianjhen
R6	Kaisyuan	凱旋		via Cianjhen Star (C3)
R5	Cianjhen Senior High School (Wujia)	前鎮高中 (五甲)
R4A	Caoya (KRTC)[C]	草衙 (高雄捷運公司)
R4	Kaohsiung International Airport	高雄國際機場		KHH	Siaogang
R3	Siaogang	小港
R2	China Steel East Portal	中鋼東門	Main/Linyuan-Donggang		Siaogang	Kaohsiung
R1	Labor Training Center	勞工訓練中心	Linyuan-Donggang
RH2	Fongbitou	鳳鼻頭
RH3	Gangpu Elementary School	港埔國小			Linyuan
RH4	Linyuan	林園
RH5	Linyuan Industrial Park	林園工業區
RH6	Wufang	五房			Sinyuan	Pingtung County
RH7	Wulong	烏龍
RH8	Donggang	東港			Donggang
RH9	Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall	鵬管處
RH10	Dapengwan Bay	大鵬灣

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