Taiwan High Speed Rail

Taiwan High Speed Rail (台灣高速鐵路) is Taiwan's high-speed rail under construction with completion scheduled in 2005. It runs approximately 345 kilometer from Taipei to Kaohsiung. It adopted Japan's Shinkansen technology for the core system. It will use 700T Series Shinkansen. The total cost of the project is currently estimated to be US$16 Billion. When completed, trains will travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung in roughly 90 minutes as opposed to the current 4-6 hours by conventional rail.

Stations

• Nangang (planned): underground, locatated in Nangang
• Taipei: underground, located in downtown Taipei City, sharing the station with Taiwan Railway Administration
• Banciao: underground, located in Banciao, sharing the station with Taiwan Railway Administration
• Taoyuan: underground, located in Jhongli, near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport
• Hsinchu: elevated, located in Lioujia, Jhubei, near Hsinchu Science Park
• Miaoli (planned): elevated
• Taichung: elevated, located in Wurih
• Changhua (planned): elevated
• Yunlin (planned): elevated
• Chiayi (planned): elevated
• Tainan: elevated, located in Gueiren
• Zuoying: elevated, located in Zuoying
• Kaohsiung (planned): located in downtown Kaohsiung, sharing the station with Taiwan Railway Administration

Related topics

• Taiwan Railway Administration
• Railways of Taiwan

External links

• Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (http://www.thsrc.com.tw/)

• Rollout of Taiwan High Speed Rail trains from Kawasaki plant (http://www.khi.co.jp/sharyo/topic_final/jan_2004.html)

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