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Build History of Main Routes
 
Building History of Main Routes of Taiwan Railway
1.  Definition of Railway Route :
The place of operation of trains or carriages, including construction of the track, the roadbed which bears the track, bridges and culverts is called the Route.
  In general, the track is composed of ballast, ties, rails and fastenings. It is the construction which trains and carriages pass over. The section of route is shown in figure 1.
  Figure 1 Construction of Route
 
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2. Construction of Track:
The track, on the roadbed is composed of ballast, tie, rails and fastenings. The ladder structure, composed of ties and rails, is called the track skeleton. The general construction of a section of track is shown as figure 2.
. Figure 2 Construction of Track
 
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3.

Stations

Mileage
(km)

Builder

Year
opened
to traffic

Year of
build

Illustration

Keelung -- Taipei

28.6

Before 1911(Liu, Min-Chuan)

1891

1887

 

Taipei -- Hsinchu

78.1

Before 1911(Liu, Min-Chuan)

1893

1888

 

Kaohsiung Port --
Jioucyutang

17.4

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1907

1904

 

Hsinchu - Jhunan

19.0

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1908

1899

 

Jhunan -- Changhua
(Mountain Line)

89.3

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1908

1899

 

Changhua --
Kaohsiung Port

189.0

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1908

1899

 

Huashan -- Taipei

1.2

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1912

1912

Double
track added

Jioucyutang -- Pingtung

7.2

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1913

1911

 

Keelung -- Taipei
(Double track)

28.6

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1919

1912

 

Jhunan -- Changhua
( Main Line )

91.2

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1922

1919

 

Guanshan -- Taitung

41.9

Before 1945,
Taiwan Taitung Pioneer Company

1922

1922

Purchased

Pingtung -- Nanjhou

22.4

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1923

1920

 

Badu -- Suao

95.0

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1924

1917

 

Keelung -- Badu
(Yilan Branch line)

3.7

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1926

1921

 

Yuli -- Guanshan

41.4

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1926

1921

 

Taipei -- Jhunan
(Double track)

97.1

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1935

1927

Double
track added

Tainan -- Kaohsiung Port
(Double track)

46.5

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1935

1927

Double
track added

Gushan -- Kaohsiung
(Double track)

2.6

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1940

1937

Double
track added

Nanjhou -- Fangliao

18.0

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1941

1940

 

Kaohsiung -- Fongshan
(Double track)

5.7

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1942

1937

Double
track added

Minsyong -- Chiayi
(Double track)

9.3

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1942

1938

Double
track added

Tainan -- Sinshih
(Double track)

11.4

Before 1945,
the Ministry of Taiwan Railway

1943

1939

Double
track added

Changhua -- Minsyong
(Double track)

71.7

Taiwan Railway Administration

1970

1957

Double
track added

Chiayi -- Sinshih
(Double track)

50.1

Taiwan Railway Administration

1970

1957

Double
track added

Sinpu -- Tongsiao
(Double track)

5.8

Taiwan Railway Administration

1974

1974

Double
track added

Yuanli -- Rihnan
(Double track)

7.8

Taiwan Railway Administration

1974

1974

Double
track added

Sincheng – Hualien Port
(Double track)

19.2

Government of Taiwan Province

1975

1973

 

Dongshan -- Suaosin
(Double track)

5.4

Taiwan Railway Administration

1977

1974

Double
track added

Sihjiaoting– Rueifang
(Double track)

5.8

Taiwan Railway Administration

1977

1974

Double
track added

Mudan -- Shuangsi
(Double track)

3.1

Taiwan Railway Administration

1978

1974

Double
track added

Hualien -- Heping

39.4

Government of Taiwan Province

1979

1978

Double
track added

Heping -- Suaosin

39.8

Government of Taiwan Province

1980

1973

Double
track added

Hualien -- Taitung
(Increasing track gauge)

162.2

Government of Taiwan Province

1982

1978

East
line widened

Erjie -- Luodong
(Double track)

3.1

Government of Taiwan Province

1982

1980

Double
track added

Luodong -- Dongshan
(Double track)

5.0

Government of Taiwan Province

1982

1980

Double
track added

Waiao -- Toucheng
(Double track)

3.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1982

1980

Double
track added

Shihcheng --Dali
(Double track)

2.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1983

1980

Double
track added

Toucheng -- Jiaosi
(Double track) >

6.3

Government of Taiwan Province

1983

1980

Double
track added

Sihcheng -- Yilan
(Double track)

3.6

Government of Taiwan Province

1983

1980

Double
track added

Badu -- Sihjiaoting
(Double track)

3.8

Government of Taiwan Province

1984

1980

Double
track added

Shuangsi -- Fulong
(Double track)

9.1

Government of Taiwan Province

1984

1980

Double
track added

Dali -- Gueishan
(Double track)

9.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1984

1980

Double
track added

Jiaosi -- Sihcheng
(Double track)

4.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1984

1980

Double
track added

Yilan -- Erjie
(Double track)

5.8

Government of Taiwan Province

1984

1980

Double
track added

Rueifang -- Houtong
(Double track)

4.5

Government of Taiwan Province

1985

1980

Double
track added

Sandiaoling -- Mudan
(Double track)

3.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1985

1980

Double
track added

Fulong -- Shihcheng
(Double track)

5.6

Government of Taiwan Province

1985

1980

Double
track added

Suaosin -- Suao
(Double track)

4.5

Government of Taiwan Province

1985

1980

Double
track added

Taitungsin -- Jhihben

12.7

Government of Taiwan Province

1985

1980

Double
track added

Jioucyutang -- Lioukuaicuo
(Double track)

5.0

Government of Taiwan Province

1987

1983

Double
track added

 
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