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Taiwan Railway (TR) [II] is a state-owned conventional railway in Taiwan. It is operated by the Taiwan Railway Corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications , responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track in Taiwan . [ 1 ]
Tze-Chiang (Chinese: 自強號; pinyin: Zìqiáng háo), also Tzu-chiang or Ziqiang, is a type of limited express train service operated by Taiwan Railway (TR). Of the five service classes operated by TR, the Tze-Chiang service is the fastest. Ticketing is done on the basis of mileage (NT$2.27 per km with a 10 km minimum fee).
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway network in Taiwan, which consists of a single line that runs approximately 350 km (217 mi) along the western coast of the island, from the capital Taipei in the north to the southern city of Kaohsiung.
The Taroko Express (Chinese: 太魯閣號; pinyin: Tàilǔgé Hào) is an express train service of Taiwan Railway, and is part of Tze-Chiang Limited Express. The name of the service comes from the 19-kilometre (12-mile) long Taroko Gorge, which is one of Taiwan's most popular tourist spots, and the Truku people. It began commercial operations ...
Rail transport in Taiwan consists of 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) (as of 2015) of railway networks. [2] Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the densely populated western corridor.
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below Taiwan High Speed Rail section for their relations in detail. There are five rapid transit systems in Taiwan: Taipei Metro, opened in March 1996, serves the core of Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area.
The Future [1] (Chinese: 鳴日號; pinyin: Míngrìhào) is an excursion train operated by Taiwan Railway (TR) that is composed of refurbished Chu-Kuang Express rolling stock. As of November 2020, the train only operates if reserved in advance. The Future began services on 31 December 2020.
Jiaoxi (Chinese: 礁溪車站; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāoxī Chēzhàn; Tongyong Pinyin: Jiaosi Chezhàn) is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration Yilan line. It is located in Jiaoxi Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.