Railway Revolution

Coyett · #1 Posted **Dec 31, 2005, 8:05 AM**

THSRC (Service)

Taipei-Kaohsiung, 2007

345 km
8 stations
39 km Mined Tunnels
8 km of Cut and Cover Tunnels
251 km of Viaducts and Bridges
31 km Cut and Fill Embankments

Rolling Stock: T700 - Kawasaki, Nippon Sharyo, Hitachi

photo: THSRC

Taipei Nangang Station, THSRC/TRA/MRT, 2011

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TRA Express (Service)

TEMU 1000 "Taroko", Taipei-Hualien, 2007

Rolling Stock: Hitachi

photo: ITC
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TRA Rapid Transit (Service)

Rolling Stock: EMU 700 - TRSC / Nippon Sharyo

photo: ITC

Yilan Line, 2007

Hsinchu MRT (Construction)
TRA/THSR, Lioujia Line, 2010
11.28 km
4 stations
http://www.erieb.gov.tw/eg4e.htm

Tainan MRT (Construction)
TRA/THSR, Salun Line, 2010
6.4 km
2 stations
http://www.erieb.gov.tw/eg5e.htm

Hengchun Line (Planning)
36 km
6 stations
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Taoyuan MRT (Construction)
Taipei/Taoyuan Airport Express, 2013 (Construction)
51 km
21 stations

Rolling Stock: Kawasaki

http://www.mrt.tpc.gov.tw/web66/_fil...9537/map1b.jpg
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Taipei MRT Projects

Light Metro (Construction)

Rolling Stock: Bombardier

Brown Line - Neihu Extension, 2010
14.8 km
12 stations
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Orbital Line, 2014 (Planning)
15.4 km
14 stations
http://www.mrt.tpc.gov.tw
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Maglev (Planning)

Rolling Stock: HSST

Xinyi - Songshan Line
4.5 km
8 stations
http://www.espoirtransit.com.tw/index.php
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Keelung LRT (Tram) (Planning)

Keelung TRA Station - Maritime Museum Line
7.6 km
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Heavy Metro (Construction)

Rolling Stock: Kawasaki

Orange Line, 2013
19.7 km
16 stations

Orange Line - Luzhou Extension, 2010
6.4 km
5 stations

Green Line - Songshan Extension, 2012
8.5 km
8 stations

Blue Line - Nangang Extension, 2008
2.5 km
2 stations

Red Line - Xinyi Extension, 2012
6.4 km
5 stations
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Kaohsiung MRT (Construction)

Rolling Stock: Siemens

Red Line, 2009
28.3 km
24 stations

Orange Line, 2009
14.4 km
14 stations
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Taichung MRT (Planning)

Green Line, 2014
16.5 km
15 stations
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TRA Western Line Reconstruction (Construction)

Taipei Nangang Extension Project, 2011
19.4 km tunnel/elevated rail line

Kaohsiung Underground Railway Project, 2016
9.75 km rail tunnel

Taichung Elevated Railway Project, 2015
21.19 km viaduct

kidd · #2 Posted **Dec 31, 2005, 10:28 AM**

Can't wait until all the projects completed!! ^^

Coyett · #3 Posted **Jan 14, 2006, 2:55 AM**

Marubeni in Taiwan airport rail deal

A Japanese consortium led by Marubeni Corp. signed a contract Thursday in Taiwan to build a railway system linking its capital and Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, the trading house said.
The contract, sealed with Taiwan's Bureau of High Speed Rail, is worth about 91 billion yen, Marubeni said, adding it will be the first direct-link airport railway system to be constructed by Japanese companies in Asia outside Japan.

The trading house, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. will build a 51.5-km route connecting central Taipei and Chungli through the airport. The route is scheduled to be completed in September 2013.

Marubeni said it will be responsible for overall management of the project and construction of railway facilities, including signals, communication systems and rail yards. Kawasaki Heavy will provide 123 train cars, while Hitachi will be in charge of setting up power supply facilities.

kidd · #4 Posted **Jan 14, 2006, 3:32 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by taiwan ren

Marubeni in Taiwan airport rail deal

A Japanese consortium led by Marubeni Corp. signed a contract Thursday in Taiwan to build a railway system linking its capital and Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, the trading house said.
The contract, sealed with Taiwan's Bureau of High Speed Rail, is worth about 91 billion yen, Marubeni said, adding it will be the first direct-link airport railway system to be constructed by Japanese companies in Asia outside Japan.

The trading house, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. will build a 51.5-km route connecting central Taipei and Chungli through the airport. The route is scheduled to be completed in September 2013.

Marubeni said it will be responsible for overall management of the project and construction of railway facilities, including signals, communication systems and rail yards. Kawasaki Heavy will provide 123 train cars, while Hitachi will be in charge of setting up power supply facilities.

Now that's a BIG NEWS! lol ~ Waitting on the details tho!

Coyett · #5 Posted **Apr 1, 2006, 9:13 PM**

Promotional video for Kaohsiung light rail line:

http://www.kcg.gov.tw/~mtbu/html/lig...htrail9503.wmv

C-Kompii · #6 Posted **Apr 2, 2006, 6:12 AM**

I wish they could build the 天母 (Tian Mu) line right now as well as the red line extension all the way to Taipei 101, it will make commuting to inner Taipei much easier and faster.

Some of the station designs could be better. Personally I prefer the oriental flavour of red line stations from 園山 (Yuan Shan) to 淡水 (Dan Shui), since they tend to age much better with its traditional designs.

btw, Is there any color renderings of the upcoming Taipei Gate twin buildings? All the pics seems to be shots of the building models in white.

Thanks for sharing once again.

-G'day-

pierre-laurent · #7 Posted **Apr 2, 2006, 2:52 PM**

some old subway and railway's pics.. with a song of Taiwan:

http://rapidshare.de/files/17029795/formosa_2.mp3.html

kidd · #8 Posted **Apr 2, 2006, 3:00 PM**

Taiwan High Speed Train Exhibition Center:

http://club.ntu.edu.tw/~club20322/tr...hc_exhibit.htm

In English:

http://www.yaox.com/museum/thsrdiscovery.html

Coyett · #9 Posted **Apr 4, 2006, 4:08 AM**

Now Delhi Metro wants world green signal

Plans to become member of top world ranking project.

Anubhuti Vishnoi

New Delhi, February 23: IT’s already changed the way Delhi travels. And now, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is hoping the world will take note.

The DMRC is planning to become a member of the Nova International Railway Benchmarking Group, a project that compares urban transport systems of various cities across the world.

Senior DMRC officials have visited Taipei a number of times during the last month to study its Metro operations—the Taipei Metro was ranked number one by Nova in 2004-05.

“DMRC is trying to explore its chances of becoming a member of Nova — a benchmarking consortium of Metro networks in various countries,” Director, Projects and Planning, DMRC, C B K Rao said. He added that the DMRC was studying the Taipei Metro’s “construction methodology, operations and maintenance. We will also be assessing where we fall short...” Rao said.

“Our basic focus... is their Operation Control Centre, tunneling, construction site and maintenance. While Delhi Metro can boast of the best of technology and construction behaviour, Taipei Metro’s maintenance and operation control is definitely better. They also have a very good visitors’ gallery... officials from our Operations Department are currently in Taipei to study these. We will also try to incorporate some of these features in our Operation Control Centre at Barakhamba Metro Station,” Rao said.

He added that Taipei Metro scored well above the Delhi Metro in cleanliness.

“There are very strict rules at the Taipei Metro and public behaviour is very responsible towards the Metro unlike in Delhi as yet. To be able to maintain our stations that way, we need a high degree of public awareness and co-operation,” Rao said.

THE NOVA MARK
Headquartered in London, Nova is a benchmarking group formed in 1998 for medium-sized Metros comprising 13 Metro systems with less than half a billion passengers a year: Buenos Aires, Dublin, Glasgow, KCR (Hong Kong), Lisbon, Montreal, Naples, Newcastle, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Singapore, Taipei and Toronto.

Nova has three types of Key Performance Indicators:

Operations: 32 operational performance indicators, includes asset utilisation, efficiency, reliability, service quality, finance and safety

Customers: Customer satisfaction survey every two years

City: Indicators being developed to study relationship between Metros and the cities in which they are located

Nova: http://www.nova-metros.org/

taiwayne · #10 Posted **Apr 7, 2006, 9:51 PM**

those pics are amazing!

kidd · #11 Posted **Apr 8, 2006, 2:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by taiwayne

those pics are amazing!

Welcome aboard, taiwayne!~

pierre-laurent · #12 Posted **Apr 9, 2006, 12:36 PM**

hi Taiwayne

welcom to our forum too!

Coyett · #13 Posted **Apr 9, 2006, 3:16 PM**

Came across this fantastic animated clip on the project to elevate the TRA line in Taichung. The video includes lots of animated renderings of the new stations as well as the TRSC commuter trains sets - very impressive.

WARNING: It takes forever to load, but is absolutely worth the wait.

http://www.rrb.gov.tw/download_files/A5minsDivx.wmv

taiwayne · #14 Posted **Apr 9, 2006, 9:00 PM**

thanks guys! I actually join this forum for a long time, just not registered before. :p
nice to know you all!!

Australiasian · #15 Posted **Apr 10, 2006, 1:58 AM**

this one is amazing!

****taiwayne. welcome****

Coyett · #16 Posted **Apr 19, 2006, 11:10 AM**

MOTC sticks to October start-up for high-speed rail operations
By Su Chueh-yu

Minister of Transportation & Communications Kuo Yao-chi (郭瑤琪) said on Tuesday that test runs of the high-speed railway will open -- at least between the southern port city of Kaohsiung and Banqiao City in Taipei County -- by the end of October, or she will resign to take responsibility.

She said the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corp. has been conducting test runs recently and the April 17 results shows that the train can run smoothly between Kaohsiung and Taoyuan.

Kuo said that while the target date for the opening of the line is the end of October, there is no guarantee that a "bottleneck" problem between Taipei and Banqiao can be sorted out in time.

The problem is a 15-kilometer stretch between Taipei and Banqiao that is a relatively "new" stretch of railway line compared to the rest of the 345 kilometer-long railway, connecting Taipei to Kaohsiung, which was already in place. This problem might cause failure to meet the October deadline. When complete, the system is expected to cut rail travel time between Taipei and Kaohsiung to less than two hours.

MOTC High Speed Rail Bureau Deputy Chief J.H. Pang said on Tuesday afternoon that the THSRC was having some difficulties with the Taipei-Banqiao section, but "had not given up" on the construction in that section.

Pang said the project was 94.49 percent complete, but the construction on the Taipei-Banciao section was two months behind schedule.

The THSRC had not been able to proceed with the work on the electrical equipment and the traffic signals in that section because the line is still being used by other trains, Pang explained.

"It's like tailoring a piece of clothing while you are wearing it," Pang said.

Pang said he was optimistic the time could be made up because the construction is underground and would not be affected by bad weather. He said he believes the THSRC could complete the construction within three months after the October deadline, but if it does not, it has drawn up a "Plan B" to deal with potentially large passenger flows at Taipei station.

"Since the Blue Line (on the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit System) is expected to extend to Banqiao station by the end of August, passengers who want to take the high speed rail could make connections via the MRT or the regular railway," Pang said.

Pang said that after the launch of the high speed rail, trains on that stretch of rail would not be allowed to exceed 120 kilometers per hour due to the complexities of the underground construction on the Taipei-Banqiao section.

The THSRC said the trains currently being tested were running at 300 kilometers per hour between Kaohsiung station and a station near Shulin City, Taipei County, as of Tuesday.

Source:Taiwan News(2006/04/19 14:04:04)

Gahrok · #17 Posted **Aug 15, 2006, 1:58 AM**

[QUOTE=Australiasian]

this one is amazing!

Hi guys,
I stumbled across this site looking for latest info on the THSR, and what a treat it has been to find it these fantastic photos, congrats to you blokes on a great forum.
The arial photo in question looks spookily like the Linkou tunnels section between Taipei and Taoyuan, as I recall, 7 tunnels of varying lengths the longest being about 700m.
From a construction point of view, no major difficulties on this section other than initial logistics as they were a bit remote for access purposes. The really problematic area was the 3km mined Hukou tunnel just north of Hsinchu, that was a different tale!
For anyone with access to Google earth, the Linkou to Hukou section photos are high definition and were taken during the THSR construction stages. Viaduct piers, sections of completed decks, tunnel portals, and laydown areas for tunnels and major road bridge crossings are all clearly visible, as is Taoyuan station and approaches where the THSR goes underground.
Unfortunately the photos over the Chungli section are not HD and the really interesting temporary works section for the PC yard and launcher systems are not visible.
Easiest way to locate the THSR is to zoom down on the CKS airport and then scroll SE, THSR passed close to CKS perimeter within a km or so.
Enjoy

Gahrok

laikuanchi · #18 Posted **Aug 15, 2006, 6:16 AM**

Hi guys,
I stumbled across this site looking for latest info on the THSR, and what a treat it has been to find it these fantastic photos, congrats to you blokes on a great forum.
The arial photo in question looks spookily like the Linkou tunnels section between Taipei and Taoyuan, as I recall, 7 tunnels of varying lengths the longest being about 700m.
From a construction point of view, no major difficulties on this section other than initial logistics as they were a bit remote for access purposes. The really problematic area was the 3km mined Hukou tunnel just north of Hsinchu, that was a different tale!
For anyone with access to Google earth, the Linkou to Hukou section photos are high definition and were taken during the THSR construction stages. Viaduct piers, sections of completed decks, tunnel portals, and laydown areas for tunnels and major road bridge crossings are all clearly visible, as is Taoyuan station and approaches where the THSR goes underground.
Unfortunately the photos over the Chungli section are not HD and the really interesting temporary works section for the PC yard and launcher systems are not visible.
Easiest way to locate the THSR is to zoom down on the CKS airport and then scroll SE, THSR passed close to CKS perimeter within a km or so.
Enjoy

Gahrok[/QUOTE]

Hey Gahrok,
Were you a member of the international team for THSR? What section did you work on and for how long?

Gahrok · #19 Posted **Aug 15, 2006, 6:52 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by laikuanchi

Hey Gahrok,
Were you a member of the international team for THSR? What section did you work on and for how long?

I was with Obayashi/Futsu on C215, Hukou ~ Linkou civil construction.
Obayashi also did C210, North from Linkou (C215/210 interface) to SE of Taipei.
Although not directly involved with 210, being the same company we obviously had some contact with their works also.
I was there from late 01 to June 04, then unfortunately had to move on to other things before the completion of the project, which I was rather sad about, but these things happen.
Best damn job I ever worked on, and with a very good bunch of people from an impressive company, fabulous and very enjoyable 3 years.

laikuanchi · #20 Posted **Aug 15, 2006, 1:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gahrok

I was with Obayashi/Futsu on C215, Hukou ~ Linkou civil construction.
Obayashi also did C210, North from Linkou (C215/210 interface) to SE of Taipei.
Although not directly involved with 210, being the same company we obviously had some contact with their works also.
I was there from late 01 to June 04, then unfortunately had to move on to other things before the completion of the project, which I was rather sad about, but these things happen.
Best damn job I ever worked on, and with a very good bunch of people from an impressive company, fabulous and very enjoyable 3 years.

cool, what a great experience it must have been...
Please do come back to Taiwan to take a ride on the HSR when it opens for operation. Thank you for your contribution to making this world's largest BOT project possible.