The Taichung line (), also known as the Mountain line (), is a line of the
Taiwan Railway Administration, which one of two parallel lines in Central Taiwan section offsetting to inland mountain area. It has a total length of 85.5 km, all of which is
double track, passing Downtown Taichung.
History
The Taichung Line was completed in 1908. After the Coast Line between
Zhunan
Zhunan Township is an urban township in northern Miaoli County, Taiwan. Its city centre forms a continuous urban area with Toufen.
Name
Literally, ''Zhúnán'' () means "bamboo south" but in this context, ''zhú'' is short for " Hsinchu". T ...
and
Changhua was finished in 1922, the original line was called Taichung Line. In 1998, the construction to expand to two tracks (
double tracks) was completed. Long tunnels were built to reduce the grade of the line.
Sanyi Tunnel is one of the longest
railway tunnels in Taiwan. The opening of the new segment of the line relegated the previous segment of the line to become the
Old Mountain Line
The Former Mountain line () is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration. The name literally means "old Mountain line" (another name for the Taichung line) and can refer to any section of the Taichung line t ...
.
The section between
Fengyuan and
Daqing was rebuilt as an elevated line in 2016. Five new stations were added in 2018:
Lilin,
Toujiacuo,
Songzhu,
Jingwu, and
Wuquan.
Stations
Notes:
*
Tai'an Station: Earliest elevated station of TRA.
References
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