Rapid transit in Taiwan

The cities of Taiwan with rapid transit system.

Rapid transit system operates in three of Taiwan's five major cities.

Systems in operation

Metro

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Taipei Metro
台北捷運		 Locale Taipei & New Taipei

1 2 3 4 5

Xinyi Line east extension
Circular Line 1st Phase
Wanda-Shulin Line 1st Section
Began operation 1996
Lines in operation 5
№ of stations 107
Network length 129.2 km (80 mi)
Ridership 1,790,000 (2012 daily)
603 million (2012 annual)

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
高雄捷運		 Locale Kaohsiung

Red Line
Orange Line

Circular Line 1st Phase
TRA Underground Project
Began operation 2008
Lines in operation 2
№ of stations 37
Network length 42.7 km (27 mi)
Ridership 190,000 (2012 daily)
056.6 million (2012 annual)

BRT

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Chiayi Bus Rapid Transit
嘉義公車捷運		 Locale Chiayi
Began operation 5 January 2007
Lines in operation 2
№ of stations 18
Network length 29.65
Ridership

Opening dates

Line Extension Section Opened
     Line 1, Taipei Metro
Wenhu Line		 Wenshan (Muzha) Zhongshan Junior High School Taipei Zoo 28 March 1996
Neihu Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Zhongshan Junior High School 4 July 2009
     Line 2, Taipei Metro
Tamsui-Xinyi Line		 Xinbeitou Branch Xinbeitou Beitou 28 March 1997
Tamsui (Danshui) Tamsui Zhongshan 28 March 1997
Zhongshan Taipei Main Station 25 December 1997
Taipei Main Station Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 24 December 1998
Xinyi Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Xiangshan 24 November 2013
     Line 3, Taipei Metro
Songshan-Xindian Line		 Xindian Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Guting 24 December 1998
Guting Xindian 11 November 1999
Xiaonanmen Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Ximen 31 August 2000
Xiaobitan Branch Qizhang Xiaobitan 29 September 2004
Songshan Songshan Ximen 15 November 2014
     Line 4, Taipei Metro
Zhonghe-Xinlu Line		 Zhonghe Guting Nanshijiao 24 December 1998
Luzhou Luzhou Daqiaotou 3 November 2010
Xinzhuang Daqiaotou Zhongxiao Xinsheng 3 November 2010
Fu Jen University Daqiaotou 5 January 2012
Zhongxiao Xinsheng Guting 30 September 2012
Huilong Fu Jen University 29 June 2013
     Line 5, Taipei Metro
Bannan Line		 Nangang Taipei City Hall Ximen 24 December 1999
Kunyang Taipei City Hall 30 December 2000
Nangang Kunyang 25 December 2008
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Nangang 27 December 2011
Banqiao Ximen Longshan Temple 24 December 1999
Longshan Temple Xinpu 31 August 2000
Xinpu Fuzhong 31 May 2006
Tucheng Fuzhong Yongning 31 May 2006
Yongning Dingpu 6 July 2015
     Red Line, Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Ciaotou Siaogang 9 March 2008
Gangshan South Ciaotou 23 December 2012
     Orange Line, Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Sizihwan Daliao 14 September 2008
     Circular Line, Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Lizihnei Kaisyuan Jhonghua 16 October 2015

Systems under construction

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DRTS New Taipei
新北市政府捷運工程處		 Locale New Taipei Danhai Light Rail Transit —
Began operation 2018
Lines in operation
№ of stations
Network length
Ridership

Taoyuan International Airport MRT
桃園機場捷運		 Locale Taipei, New Taipei & Taoyuan Airport Line
Began operation December 2015
Lines in operation
№ of stations
Network length
Ridership

Taoyuan Metro
桃園捷運		 Locale Taoyuan

Blue Line 1st Phase
Blue Line 2nd Phase
Red Line
Began operation December 2015 (officially June 2018)
Lines in operation
№ of stations
Network length
Ridership
Taichung Metro / Taichung BRT
台中捷運		 Locale Taichung

Green Line
Red Line
Began operation November 2018
Lines in operation
№ of stations
Network length
Ridership

Systems under planning

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "捷運夢碎！八條輕軌遭退回！公車難經營 捷運路遙遠 台灣大眾運輸 阻礙重重！(MRT Dreams Shattered, Eight Light Rail System Proposals Declined)". Public Television Service. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ "爭取南港捷運延伸至基隆 - 基隆市政二年建設成果". Keelung Government. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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