Taoyuan Metro

Not to be confused with Taiyuan Metro.

The Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving Taoyuan City, as well as parts of New Taipei City and Taipei City, in Taiwan.^[3] The most recently proposed network includes 11 lines and extensions, of which 2 are now under construction. The Taoyuan Airport MRT (Taipei Main Station - Laojie River) is the only line currently in operation. The system opened with the opening of the first line in the system, Taoyuan Airport MRT, for trial passenger service on 2 February 2017 and revenue passenger service on 2 March 2017.

Taoyuan Metro
Overview
Native name
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	桃園捷運
Simplified Chinese	桃园捷运
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táoyuán Jiéyùn Bopomofo ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ Hakka Romanization Thò-yèn Chhia̍p-yun Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thô-hn̂g Chia̍t-ūn
Owner	Taoyuan City Government Department of Rapid Transit Systems
Locale	Taoyuan and New Taipei, Taiwan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	22
Annual ridership	23.214 million (2018)[1]
Website	Taoyuan Metro Corp.
Operation
Began operation	2 March 2017[2]
Operator(s)	Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Technical
System length	51.33 km (31.89 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Planned network

History

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  Taoyuan Metro token

  2 March 2017: The Airport line, officially the Taoyuan Airport MRT opened for service.

Network and operations

Lines

Line	Termini (District, City)		Stations	Length (km)	Depot
Taoyuan Airport MRT [Note 1]	Taipei Main Station (Zhongzheng, Taipei)	Laojie River (Zhongli, Taoyuan)	22	51.33	Luchu, Chingpu

Infrastructure

Taoyuan Airport Line

Trains

Airport trains come in two types, commuter and express train.^[4] Express trains stop at Taipei Main Station, New Taipei Industrial Park, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Airport Terminal 1, Airport Terminal 2, and Huanbei (during peak hours) Commuter trains stop at every station.

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  Commuter train
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  Express train
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  Interior of a Commuter train
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  Interior of an Express train

Free Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the system.

Free Wi-Fi sign on a train

Future expansion

All lines will use standard gauge track, with the exception of the Red line which will use 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge railway as it is basically a reconstruction of the Taoyuan portion of the TRA Western Line into an underground railway tunnel intended to support more frequent, rapid transit-like local rail services (rather like the reconstruction of TRA railways in Greater Taipei and Kaohsiung). The Taolin Line segment of the Brown Line from Taoyuan to Shanbi is intended to be built as a bus rapid transit route.

Line			Section	Termini		Length (km)	Status
		Taoyuan Airport MRT	Zhongli Extension	Laojie River Railway Station	Zhongli Railway Station	2.06	Under Construction
				Zhongli Railway Station	Zhongli Sports Park	TBD	Planning
		Green Line	Main Line	Bade	Kengkou	27.8	Under Construction
			Main Line (Branch)	Chang Xing	Hengshan		Planning
			Zhongli Extension	Bade	Zhongli Sports Park	7.2	Planning
			Daxi Extension	Zhongli Sports Park	Puding Transshipment Station	4.33	Planning
		Orange Line	Zhongli-Pingzhen Line	The Taoyuan Arena	TBD	21	Planning
			Pingzhen-Longtan Line	TBD	Longtan Transshipment Station	8	Planning
		Brown Line	Huilong Line	Taoyuan Main Station	Huilong	11.38	Planning
			Urban Extension	Taoyuan Main Station	Zhonglu	3.9	Planning

Map of planned network

Construction

Logo at Taoyuan Metro construction site

In March 2011, the Bureau of High Speed Rail, which oversees construction of the project, announced that the 11.4 km (7.1 mi)-long elevated structure from Dayuan Station (A15) to Xingnan Station (A20) had been completed.^[5] The rest of the Taoyuan Line passed an environmental impact assessment in July 2014. Construction was expected to last from June 2015 to 2019.^[6] Construction of the Green Line started in October 2018 and is expected to finish in 2026.^[7] Construction of the Brown Line is expected to start in 2023, and expected to be completed by 2026.^[8][9]

Network map

See also

• Rail transport in Taiwan
• Transportation in Taiwan

Notes

1. The Airport MRT is also known as the Purple Line for the color scheme, and occasionally known as Blue Line as it was partially designated as such.