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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.
In May 2016, the Singapore Transport Minister, Khaw Boon Wan, said that his country's rail operators, SBS Transit and SMRT, should emulate the example of Taipei Metro. Speaking at a rail engineering forum, he cited the Taipei Metro's timely maintenance and replacement of assets, as well as its fast response to rail network problems.
The Taipei Metro Xinbeitou branch line (formerly transliterated as Hsin Peitou branch line until 2003) is an elevated, light rail branch line of the Tamsui–Xinyi line.It first opened for service on 28 March 1997.
Metro lines Metro stations Metro length Light rail lines Light rail stations Light rail length Taipei Metro: Taipei, New Taipei: 789.599 million (2019) 5 117 [a] 131.1 km (81 mi) — — — Kaohsiung Metro: Kaohsiung: 127.855 million (2018) 2 37 53.3 km (33 mi) 1 38 22.1 km (14 mi) Taoyuan Metro: Taoyuan, Taipei, New Taipei: 27.962 million ...
The Wenhu or Brown line (code BR) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Wenshan and Neihu.It is an automated medium-capacity rubber-tyred metro line and is 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi) long, serving a total of 24 stations located in 7 districts in Taipei, of which 22 are elevated and 2 underground.
The Zhonghe–Xinlu or Orange line (code O) is a metro line in Taipei operated by the Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Zhonghe, Xinzhuang and Luzhou.The line starts at Nanshijiao in Zhonghe, passes through central Taipei, then splits into two branches: one to Huilong via Xinzhuang and one to Luzhou.
The Taipei Metro Houshanpi station is a station on the Bannan line located on the border of the Xinyi and Nangang districts, Taipei, Taiwan. [2] It opened for service on 30 December 2000, as part of an eastern extension to Kunyang .
Tamsui (Chinese: 淡水; pinyin: Dànshuǐ) is a metro station in New Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is the terminal station of the Tamsui–Xinyi line. The location of the station can be traced back to the same-named station of the now-defunct Tamsui railway line. Tamsui station is the northernmost metro station in Taiwan.