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Central Tunnel
Central Tunnel ( zh, t=中央隧道, p=Zhōngyāng Suìdào) is a tunnel that runs through the Central Mountain Range, carrying Taiwan Railways Administration's South-link line between Fangshan Station and Guzhuang Station. At , it was the longest railway tunnel in Taiwan when it opened (now second only to the Xinguanyin Tunnel). The tunnel has a dike and two ventilation shafts. See also * Fangshan Station * Guzhuang Station * Central Signal Station * Pu'an Signal Station Pu'an Signal Station () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) South-Link Line located in Daren Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. Nearby stations ;Taiwan Railway Administration :South-link Line :: Fangshan - Fangye ... External links Third, the South Railway (69.7.1 ~ 73.12) - Rong workers garden 1991 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Pingtung County Buildings and structures in Taitung County Railway tunnels in Taiwan Transportation in Pingtung Co ...
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South-link Line
The South-link line () is a line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running across the southern tip of the island of Taiwan, connecting the eastern and western coasts. It is 98.2 km long, of which 81.4 km is single-track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations was upgraded from a single-track railway to a dual-track railway while the other sections remains in single-track. In conjunction with electrification works on the line, train platforms are being lengthened and upgraded with better facilities. History Japanese authorities had planned for a railway running between Pingtung and Taitung, but were unable to complete it before World War II ended. After the Kuomintang-led government took control, surveys were completed in 1947, 1958, 1963, 1968, and 1976, delineating ten possible routes for the South Link Line. Construction began in July 1980, and was completed in November 1991. Upon its inauguration on 16 December 1991, the South Link Line bec ...
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East Portal Of The Central Tunnel Retouched
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or " dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a person ...
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Transportation In Pingtung County
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack anim ...
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Railway Tunnels In Taiwan
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ...
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Buildings And Structures In Taitung County
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artisti ...
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1991 Establishments In Taiwan
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, 300x300px, thumb rec ...
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Pu'an Signal Station
Pu'an Signal Station () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) South-Link Line located in Daren Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. Nearby stations ;Taiwan Railway Administration :South-link Line :: Fangshan - Fangye Signal - Central Signal - Puan Signal - Guzhuang References See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan: The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ... 1992 establishments in Taiwan Railway signal stations in Taiwan Railway stations in Taitung County Railway stations opened in 1992 Railway stations in Taiwan opened in the 1990s {{Taiwan-railstation-stub ...
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Xinguanyin Tunnel
Xinguanyin Tunnel () is located in Taiwan Railways Administration North-link Line, Nan'ao, Yilan County territory. It runs through the Central Mountain Range, and with a total length of 10,307.1 meters, it is the longest mountain railway tunnel in Taiwan.According to the Taiwan Railways Statistical Yearbook, the longest railway tunnel approved by the Taiwan Railways is the tunnel of Nangang - Banqiao 20,960 meters. The ongest mountain tunnel of Taiwan is Freeway 5. This tunnel is a one-way section">Hsuehshan Tunnel, [length of 12,941 metersFreeway 5 (Taiwan)">Freeway 5. This tunnel is a one-way section for up to 13.2 km in order to improve the Wuta Station, Wuta - Hanben Station, Hanben Chisel tunnel. Beigou is located in the south of Wuta station, south of Nanxi South River, south of Hanzhong station north, across the board two-track electrification. As the tunnel is very long, the construction unit in order to save construction time, in addition to excavation on both ...
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Fangshan Station
Fangshan () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration South-link line located in Shizi Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... The station is the southernmost station in Taiwan. History The station was opened on 5 October 1992. See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan References 1992 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations in Pingtung County Railway stations opened in 1992 Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration Railway stations in Taiwan opened in the 1990s {{Taiwan-railstation-stub ...
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South-link Line
The South-link line () is a line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running across the southern tip of the island of Taiwan, connecting the eastern and western coasts. It is 98.2 km long, of which 81.4 km is single-track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations was upgraded from a single-track railway to a dual-track railway while the other sections remains in single-track. In conjunction with electrification works on the line, train platforms are being lengthened and upgraded with better facilities. History Japanese authorities had planned for a railway running between Pingtung and Taitung, but were unable to complete it before World War II ended. After the Kuomintang-led government took control, surveys were completed in 1947, 1958, 1963, 1968, and 1976, delineating ten possible routes for the South Link Line. Construction began in July 1980, and was completed in November 1991. Upon its inauguration on 16 December 1991, the South Link Line bec ...
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Track (rail Transport)
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as permanent way or simply track, is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. It enables trains to move by providing a dependable surface for their wheels to roll upon. Early tracks were constructed with wooden or cast iron rails, and wooden or stone sleepers; since the 1870s, rails have almost universally been made from steel. Historical development The first railway in Britain was the Wollaton Wagonway, built in 1603 between Wollaton and Strelley in Nottinghamshire. It used wooden rails and was the first of around 50 wooden-railed tramways built over the next 164 years. These early wooden tramways typically used rails of oak or beech, attached to wooden sleepers with iron or wooden nails. Gravel or small stones were packed arou ...
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