Taoyuan Metro

Taoyuan Metro

Overview
Native name
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	桃園捷運
Simplified Chinese	桃园捷运
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táoyuán Jiéyùn Bopomofo ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ Hakka Romanization Thò-yèn Chhia̍p-yun Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thô-hn̂g Chia̍t-ūn
Owner	Taoyuan City Government
Locale	Taoyuan and New Taipei, Taiwan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	21
Annual ridership	23.214 million (2018)[1]
Website	Taoyuan Metro Corp.
Operation
Began operation	2 March 2017[2]
Operator(s)	Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Technical
System length	51.03 km (31.71 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Planned network

Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving the Taoyuan City area in Taiwan.^[3] The most recently proposed network includes 11 lines and extensions, out of which 2 are now under construction. The Taoyuan Airport MRT (Taipei Main Station - Huanbei) is the only line currently in operation. The system opened with the opening of the first line in the system, Taoyuan Airport MRT, for trial passenger service on 2 February 2017 and revenue passenger service on 2 March 2017.

History[]

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  Taoyuan Metro token
  02 March 2017: Purple line (full name is Taoyuan Airport MRT) opened for service.

Network and operations[]

Lines[]

Line			Termini (District, City)		Stations	Length (km)	Depot
	Taoyuan Airport MRT [Note 1]		Taipei Main Station (Zhongzheng, Taipei)	Huanbei (Zhongli, Taoyuan)	21	51.03	Chingpu

Infrastructure[]

Taoyuan Airport Line[]

Trains[]

Airport trains come in two types, commuter and express train.^[4] Express trains call at Taipei Main Station, New Taipei Industrial Park, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Airport Terminal 1, Airport Terminal 2. Commuter trains stop at every station.

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  Commuter train

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  Express train

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  Interior of a Commuter train

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  Interior of an Express train

Free Wi-Fi[]

Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the system.

Future expansion[]

All lines will use standard gauge track, with the exception of the Red line which will use 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track 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 Kaohsiung). The Taolin Line segment of the Brown Line from Taoyuan to Shanbi is intended to be built as a bus rapid transit route.

Line			Section	Termini		Length (km)	Status
		Taoyuan Airport MRT	Zhongli Extension	Huanbei	Zhongli Railway Station	2.06	Under Construction
				Zhongli Railway Station	Zhongli Sports Park	TBD	Planning
		Green Line	Main Line	Bade	Kengkou	27.8	Under Construction
			Main Line (Branch)	Chang Xing	Hengshan		Planning
			Zhongli Extension	Bade	Zhongli Sports Park	7.2	Planning
			Daxi Extension	Zhongli Sports Park	Puding Transshipment Station	4.33	Planning
		Orange Line	Zhongli-Pingzhen Line	The Taoyuan Arena	TBD	21	Planning
			Pingzhen-Longtan Line	TBD	Longtan Transshipment Station	8	Planning
		Brown Line	Huilong Line	Taoyuan Main Station	Huilong	11.38	Planning
			Urban Extension	Taoyuan Main Station	Zhonglu	3.9	Planning

Construction[]

In March 2011, the Bureau of High Speed Rail, which oversees construction of the project, announced that the 11.4 km (7.1 mi)-long elevated structure from Dayuan Station (A15) to Xingnan Station (A20) had been completed.^[5] The rest of the Taoyuan Line passed an environmental impact assessment in July 2014. Construction was expected to last from June 2015 to 2019.^[6]

Network Map[]

See also[]

• Rail transport in Taiwan
• Transportation in Taiwan

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Taoyuan MRT at Wikimedia Commons

• Taoyuan Metro Corp. – official website
• Taoyuan MRT by the Transportation Department, Taoyuan County Government

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