Red Line (KMRT)

Red Line
Red Line 紅線
Formosa Boulevard Station Red Line platform
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
Locale	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini	Gangshan South Siaogang
Stations	24
Operation
Opened	March 9, 2008
Operator(s)	Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Character	Underground/At-Grade/Elevated
Depot(s)	North Depot,South Depot
Technical
Line length	28.3 km (17.6 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail (750 volts DC)

Red Line
Traditional Chinese	紅線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóng-Xiàn Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Wade–Giles Hung^2- Hsien^4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Âng-Soàⁿ

The Red Line is the 28.3 kilometres (17.6 mi) north-south mass transit line of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is the first mass transit line built in southern Taiwan, started construction on October 24, 2001 and opened for service on March 9, 2008 with a month-long free ride service to April 6.^[1]

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei District. This would add 8 stations to the line.

Stations

Code	Station Name		Section	Connection	Location
	English	Chinese
RK8	Dahu	大湖	Gangshan-Lujhu		Hunei	Kaohsiung
RK7	Lujhu	路竹			Lujhu
RK6	Lujhu South	南路竹
RK5	Kao Yuan University	高苑科技大學
RK4	Kaohsiung Science District	高雄科學園區
RK3	Benjhou Industrial Park	本洲產業園區			Gangshan
RK2	National Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School	岡山農工
RK1	Gangshan	岡山	Main/Gangshan-Lujhu	TRA Western (180)
R24	Gangshan South	南岡山	Main		Gangshan	Kaohsiung
R23	Ciaotou Station	橋頭火車站		TRA Western (181)	Ciaotou
R22A	Ciaotou Sugar Refinery	橋頭糖廠
R22	Cingpu (NKFUST)^[A]	青埔 (高科大)		Yanchao [planned]
R21	Metropolitan Park	都會公園			Nanzih
R20	Houjing (NKMU) ^[B]	後勁 (海科大)		Green [planned]
R19	Nanzih Export Processing Zone	楠梓加工區
R18	Oil Refinery Elementary School	油廠國小
R17	World Games/ National Sports Complex	世運／ 國家體育園區
R16	Zuoying/THSR	左營／高鐵		TRA Underground Western [2017] TRA Western (288) THSR (ZUY/12) Youchang [planned]	Zuoying
R15	Ecological District	生態園區
R14	Kaohsiung Arena (Sanmin Household & Commercial High School)	巨蛋 (三民家商)			Zuoying Gushan
R13	Aozihdi	凹子底		Circular via Kaohsiung City Hall [2019]
R12	Houyi	後驛			Sanmin
R11	Kaohsiung Main Station	高雄車站		TRA Underground Western [2017] TRA Western (185) THSR [planned]
R10	Formosa Boulevard	美麗島		Orange (O5)	Sinsing
R9	Central Park	中央公園			Sinsing Lingya
R8	Sanduo Shopping District	三多商圈		Brown [planned]	Lingya Cianjhen
R7	Shihjia (Labor Park)	獅甲 (勞工公園)			Cianjhen
R6	Kaisyuan	凱旋		Circular via Jhongshan 3rd Rd. [2015]
R5	Cianjhen Senior High School (Wujia)	前鎮高中 (五甲)
R4A	Caoya (KRTC)^[C]	草衙 (高雄捷運公司)
R4	Kaohsiung International Airport	高雄國際機場		Kaohsiung International Airport	Siaogang
R3	Siaogang	小港
R2	China Steel East Portal	中鋼東門	Main/Linyuan-Donggang		Siaogang	Kaohsiung
RH1	Labor Training Center	勞工訓練中心	Linyuan-Donggang
RH2	Fongbitou	鳳鼻頭
RH3	Gangpu Elementary School	港埔國小			Linyuan
RH4	Linyuan	林園		Orange via Daliao [planned]
RH5	Linyuan Industrial Park	林園工業區
RH6	Wufang	五房			Sinyuan	Pingtung County
RH7	Wulong	烏龍
RH8	Donggang	東港			Donggang
RH9	Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall	鵬管處
RH10	Dapengwan Bay	大鵬灣

Notes

• A^ The full name is National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology.
• B^ The full name is National Kaohsiung Marine University.
• C^ The full name is Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation.

References and notes

1. 廖國雄 (2008-03-10). "高市／紅線通了　高捷公司允橘線8月通車 (in Chinese)". ETtoday. Retrieved 2008-03-10.