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New Taipei Metro, opened in December 2018, serves the Danhai New Town and New Taipei Taichung Metro , opened in April 2021, serves the core of Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area . The Alishan Forest Railway is currently administered by Forestry Bureau as a heritage railway for tourists in Alishan National Scenic Area .
Taipei Metro [I] (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) [3] and branded as Metro Taipei) [4] is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapid transit system to be built on the island. [5]
Taipei station in 1914 The old Taipei station in 1948. The first rail station in Taipei was completed in Twatutia in 1891, during Qing rule, when the railway to Keelung was opened for service. [17] [18] Initially, a temporary station was built while a permanent station was constructed in 1897, during Japanese rule (1895–1945). In 1901, the ...
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.
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) [I] was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track. [ 1 ]
Banqiao (Chinese: 板橋) [12] [13] [14] is a railway and metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR), TRA, Taipei Metro and New Taipei Metro. With the exception of the Circular Line , all other tracks and platforms in the station are located underground.
This article consists of the busiest railway stations in Republic of China (Taiwan), with the statistics being taken from the official data of the years 2020. Ridership numbers are for Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) only, other rail transport like MRT are not included.
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.