Neiwan Line
The Neiwan Line (Chinese: 內灣線; pinyin: Nèiwān Xiàn) is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railway Administration. It is located in Hsinchu County.
History
The Neiwan Line was completed in 1950. Although this line is a branch line, its standards are comparable to those of a main line except that it is not electrified. It became a popular tourist site in the early 2000s.
The Neiwan Line closed temporarily between Hsinchu and Zhudong on 28 February 2007. This was to allow construction of the Liujia Line. The line was reopened on 11 November 2011. [1]
Liujia branch
The Liujia Line, which connects TRA Hsinchu Station and THSR Hsinchu Station, branches off from the Neiwan Line at Zhuzhong Station.[2]
Operations
All trains run between Hsinchu and Neiwan. The headway between each number of runs is about one hour. There has been one through-service between Neiwan and Taipei on Saturdays and Sundays since 2004. The Neiwan Line is principally serviced by Local Trains (區間車). Until the renovation of the Neiwan Line which accompanied the construction of the Liujia Line, only diesel-powered trains serviced the Neiwan Line as it was not electrified. Now, diesel-powered trains are only required on the segment between Zhuzhong and Neiwan. On some special occasions diesel-powered versions of the Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) have been used on the route.
Stations
| Station Name | Transfers and Notes | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanyu | Tongyong | Chinese | |||
| Hsinchu | 新竹 | → Connecting to the Western Line | East District | Hsinchu City | |
| North Hsinchu | 北新竹 | → Connecting to the Western Line | |||
| Shibo | 世博 | ||||
| Zhuke | Jhuke | 竹科 | |||
| Zhuzhong | Jhujhong | 竹中 | → Connecting to Liujia Line to THSR Hsinchu Station | Zhudong Township | Hsinchu County |
| Shangyuan | 上員 | ||||
| Ronghua | 榮華 | ||||
| Zhudong | Jhudong | 竹東 | |||
| Hengshan | 橫山 | Hengshan Township | |||
| Jiuzantou | Jiouzantou | 九讚頭 | |||
| Hexing | Hesing | 合興 | |||
| Fugui | Fuguei | 富貴 | |||
| Neiwan | 內灣 | ||||
References
- ↑ Marchant, John Scott (2011-11-11). "Hsinchu’s Neiwan Line steams back to life". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ↑ "New rails to link high speed and TRA trains". The China Post. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neiwan Line. |
- Railway Reconstruction Bureau project page for the Liujia branch (in Chinese)
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