Transit type Rapid transit | Began operation 2 March 2017 | |
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Locale Taoyuan and New Taipei, Taiwan Number of lines 1 operational,
5 planned Website Taoyuan Metro Corp. (Chinese) Operator(s) Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Taiwan Railways Administration (Red Line) | ||
Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving the Taoyuan City area in Taiwan. The proposed network will consist of five lines. A section of Blue Line has merged into the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System and is in trial runs, while the surplus is still in the planning phase.
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Future expansion
All lines will use standard gauge track, with the exception of the Red Line which will use 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) track as it will use the right-of-way of a part of the TRA Western Line. The Taolin Line segment of the Brown Line from Taoyuan to Shanbi is intended to be built as a bus rapid transit route.
Construction
In March 2011, the Bureau of High Speed Rail, which oversees construction of the project, announced that the 11.4 km (7.1 mi)-long elevated structure from Dayuan Station (A15) to Xingnan Station (A20) had been completed. The rest of the Taoyuan Line passed an environmental impact assessment in July 2014. Construction is expected to last from June 2015 to 2019.