Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System

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Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System
Traditional Chinese:	台灣桃園國際機場聯外捷運系統
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Táiwān Táoyuán Guójì Jīchǎng Liánwài Jiéyùn Xìtǒng - Tongyong Pinyin: Táiwan Táoyuán Guójì Jichǎng Liánwài Jiéyùn Sìtǒng - Wade-Giles: T'ai2-wan1 T'ao2-yüan2 Kuo2-chi4 Chi1-ch'ang3 Lien2-wai4 Chieh2-yün4 Hsi4-t'ung3 Min - Min-nan POJ: Tâi-oân Thô-hn̂g Kok-chè Ki-tiûⁿ Liân-gōa Chia̍t-ūn Hē-thóng
Taoyuan Airport MRT
Traditional Chinese:	桃園機場捷運
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Táoyuán Jīchǎng Jiéyùn - Tongyong Pinyin: Táoyuán Jichǎng Jiéyùn - Wade-Giles: T'ao2-yüan2 Chi1-ch'ang3 Chieh2-yün4 Min - Min-nan POJ: Thô-hn̂g Ki-tiûⁿ Chia̍t-ūn

The Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System is a metro system planned to connect Taipei City and the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, before linking up with an extension of the Taoyuan MRT Blue Line to THSR Taoyuan Station and onwards to Jhongli City, where it terminates at the junction of Chung Feng Road and Huang Bei Road. Construction began in 2006 and the line is scheduled to begin service in 2013. This construction is administrated by the Director General of Bureau of Taiwan High Speed Rail of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, which oversees the construction of high speed rail as well as MRT systems (except Taipei and Kaohsiung) in Taiwan.

Contents 1 History 2 Route 3 Stations 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

This MRT route was originally planned to be constructed through a BOT (build, operate, and transfer) process. It was auctioned to Evertransit International Development Corp. (長生國際開發), a subsidiary of Ever Fortune Industrial Co. (長億實業), in 1998. However, the company failed to begin the construction. In 2003, the contract was canceled by the government.

After the BOT project dropped out, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) decided to build the line directly through the government budget. The terminal station in Taipei City was shifted from Ximen (or Simen in Tongyong Pinyin) to the Taipei Main Station to facilitate transfers to other forms of public transportation. There was disagreement between MOTC and the Taipei City Government with regards to the exact location of this terminal station. The MOTC preferred an elevated station just north of the current rail station, while the City Government wanted an underground one west of Chengde Road. The MOTC's plan was less expensive and required less time to construct, but would obstruct the scenery in the surrounding area. The two parties finally compromised, agreeing to build the station underground with the City Government covering the extra cost. The revised project was approved in September 2004.^{[citation needed]}

Construction of this line began on September 25, 2006.

[edit] Route

The planned route is 51.5 km long with 6 underground and 15 elevated stations. The local trains will operate from Taipei City to Jhongli City in 58 minutes, while the express trains will run from Taipei City direct to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in 35 minutes.

[edit] Stations

Station Name	Location	Connection
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System
Taipei Main Station	Zhongzheng, Taipei	Danshui (Danshuei) Line Banqiao (Banciao) /Nangang Line TRA Western Line Taiwan High Speed Rail
Sanchong	Sanchong, Taipei County	Xinzhuang (Sinjhuang) Line (under construction)
Wugu Industrial Park	Sinjhuang, Taipei County	Circular Line (TRTS) (planned)
Fongshujiao	Sinjhuang
Taishan	Taishan, Taipei County
Danfong	Taishan
Sports Complex	Gueishan, Taoyuan County
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Gueishan
Wunhua 2nd. Road	Linkou, Taipei County
Shanjiao	Lujhu, Taoyuan County
Guolin	Dayuan, Taoyuan County
TTI Airport Terminal 1	Dayuan
TTI Airport Terminal 2	Dayuan	→ Taoyuan MRT Blue Line (through service)
Taoyuan MRT Blue Line
TTI Airport Terminal 3	Dayuan
(A14a Station)	Dayuan
Dayuan	Dayuan
Zihciang Bridge	Dayuan
Cingpu Depot	Dayuan
THSR Taoyuan Station	Jhongli, Taoyuan County	Taiwan High Speed Rail
Multiple Sports Complex	Jhongli
Singnan	Jhongli
Huanbei Road Entrance	Jhongli

[edit] See also

• List of rapid transit systems
• Taipei Rapid Transit System
• Rail transport in Taiwan

[edit] External links

• Director General of Bureau of Taiwan High Speed Rail
• Taiwan Railway Reconstruction Bureau (ppt)
• Marubeni Corporation (Japanese)
• Hitachi
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japanese)
• ST Electronics
• Motorola
• Continental Engineering Corp.
• Maki and Associates
• Ikeda Kokubun Design Studio (Japanese)
• EDS Group
• Institute of Transportation, MOTC (Chinese) (pdf)
• Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems (Chinese) (pdf)

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