Circular Line (KMRT)

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Circular Line
環狀輕軌
Overview
Type Light Rail
Locale Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini C1 (Near Yisin Rd.)
C14 (Near Kaohsiung Harbor Station)
Stations 14 (under construction),
36 (total planned)
Operation
Opening Under construction
Operator(s) Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Character At-Grade/Elevated
Depot(s) Cianjhen Depot
Rolling stock CAF Urbos[1]
Technical
Line length 22.1 km (13.7 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification ACR (rapid charge accumulator)
Operating speed 70 km/h maximum[2]
Future C4 station approximate location in July 2013. Old railway, used as a bikepath.
Future C8 station approximate location in July 2013.

The Circular Line is a 22.1 kilometres (13.7 mi) circular light rail line currently under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[3]

Phase I construction consists of a section of line from Yisin Rd. to Hamasing Kaohsiung Port near the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system's Orange Line – it will consist of 14 stations. Construction began on Phase I in June 2013[4] – this first section is scheduled to be operational by mid-2015.[citation needed]

Phase II construction will be active until the Kaohsiung Harbor Line is abandoned, and the Kaohsiung urban railway is relocated underground in 2017.

Stations

CodeStation Name (Preliminary)SectionConnectionLocation
EnglishChinese
↑ Continued to Ersheng Rd. Station ↓
C1Yisin Rd.一心路 Phase I Foguangshan Line (planned) CianjhenKaohsiung
C2Treasure Island金銀島
C3Jhongshan 3rd Rd.中山三路 Red Line
C4Jhonghua 5th Rd.中華五路
C5Dream Mall夢時代 Yellow Line (planned)
C6Jhengcin Public Housing正勤國宅
C7Kaohsiung Software Park軟體園區
C8Singuang Park新光公園 Brown Line (planned)
C9Kaohsiung Port Terminal旅運中心 Lingya
C10Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center East海音中心東站
C11Kaohsiung Marine Culture and Pop Music Center West海音中心西站 Yancheng
C12Pier-2 Art District駁二藝術特區
C13Fishermen's Wharf漁人碼頭 Gushan
C14Hamasing Kaohsiung Port哈瑪星高雄港 Orange Line
C15Wufu 4th Rd.五福四路 Phase II
C16Dagong Rd.大公路
C17Singlong Rd.興隆路
C18Gushan鼓山 TRA Western Line
C19Jiouru 4th Rd.九如四路
C20Fine Arts Museum Station美術館 TRA Western Line via Fine Arts Museum
C21Art Park美術園區
C22Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital聯合醫院
C23Longde Rd.龍德路
C24Kaohsiung City Hall新市政中心 Red Line
C25Longhua Junior High School龍華國中 Zuoying
C26President New Century大統新世紀 Sanmin
C27Dingshan鼎山
C28Wanzihnei灣子內 Yellow Line (planned)
C29Jiansing Rd.建興路
C30Dashun Jiouru大順九如 TRA Pingtung Line: National Science And Technology Museum
C31Universal Cinemas環球影城 Lingya
C32Rainbow Park彩虹公園 Orange Line
C33Minsheng Hospital民生醫院
C34Kuochi Vocational High School國際商工 Brown Line
C35Wuchang Rd.武昌路 Cianjhen
C36Ersheng Rd.二聖路
↑ Continued to Yisin Rd. Station ↓

Previous light rail demonstration project

In 2004, the Kaohsiung City Government and Siemens built a temporary two-station circular light rail line in Central Park, operated by a single trainset, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of building a light rail system in Kaohsiung City.[citation needed] It was meant to alleviate some residents' concerns that light rail would negatively impact their surroundings by producing excessive noise and hindering normal traffic flow.[citation needed] This Siemens Combino vehicle would later become the D2 Class operated in Melbourne, Australia.

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Kaohsiung picks CAF to build catenary-free trams". Railway Gazette. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-07-23. 
  2. ↑ "KAOHSIUNG LRV". CAF. Retrieved 2013-07-23. 
  3. ↑ "Light Rail System - Project Content". Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2013-07-23. 
  4. ↑ "Kaohsiung begins circular light rail construction". Focus Taiwan. 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2013-07-23. 


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