Although Taiwan's high-speed rail is not as dense as the mainland's, and the high-speed rail station is not as grand and majestic as the mainland's high-speed rail station, the high-speed rail station in Taiwan is small and exquisite, full of modernity and design. Today, let's walk into Taiwan's high-speed rail and see What exactly does the Baodao Taiwan high-speed rail and the station look like?
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taiwan High Speed Rail is a high-speed rail system connecting Taipei City in Taiwan with Kaohsiung City . Starting from Nangang in the north, through Taipei, Banqiao, Taoyuan, , Hsinchu, , Taichung, Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan to Zuoying (Kaohsiung City), there are a total of eight stations, with a total length of 345 kilometers. Using Japanese Shinkansen technology, the maximum operating speed is 300 km/h. It only takes one and a half hours to travel between Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Taiwan High Speed Rail Route Map
Taiwan High Speed Rail started construction in 2000 and was officially opened to traffic on January 5, 2007, a year and a half ahead of the earliest Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High Speed Rail (August 1, 2008) in mainland China. It runs through the traffic artery of the west coast of Taiwan.
Taiwan's high-speed train
Taiwan's high-speed rail uses a 1435mm gauge standard gauge, which is an international standard gauge; Taiwan's high-speed rail is designed to have a maximum speed of 315 km/h and an operating speed of 300 km/h; The design speed of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is 380 km/h, and the current operating speed is reduced to 300 km/h. The design speed of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway is 350 km/h, and the current operating speed is 310 km/h. Taiwan's high-speed rail uses Japanese Shinkansen 700T trains with 9 powered cars and 3 unpowered cars each.
Taiwan high-speed rail train
Taiwan high-speed rail train carriages are only divided into two categories - business carriages and standard carriages. Standard carriages are divided into paired carriages and free-seat carriages. According to the new fares announced by Taiwan High Speed Rail, the one-way fare from Taipei to Kaohsiung is 1490 yuan, the fare from Taipei to Tainan is 1350 yuan, the fare from Taipei to Chiayi is 1080 yuan, the fare from Taipei to Taichung is 700 yuan, and the fare from Taipei to Hsinchu is 290 yuan. The fare from Taipei to Taoyuan is 160 yuan, and the fare from Taipei to Banqiao is 40 yuan. The above fares are NTD (1 NTD = 0.2152 RMB).
Taiwan High Speed Rail Train
High Speed Rail Nangang Station
is located at No. 313, Section 1, Nangang Road, Nangang District, Taipei City.
High Speed Rail Nangang Station
High Speed Rail Taipei Station
is located at No. 3, Beiping West Road, Taipei City.
HSR Taipei Station
HSR Banqiao Station
is located at No. 7, Section 2, Xianmin Avenue, Banqiao District, , New Taipei City.
High Speed Rail Banqiao Station
High Speed Rail Taoyuan Station
is located at No. 6, Section 6, North High Speed Rail Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City.
High Speed Rail Taoyuan Station
High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station
is located at Hsinchu County No. 6, High Speed Rail Seven Road, Zhubei City.
HSR Hsinchu Station
HSR Miaoli Station
is located at No. 268, HSR 3rd Road, Houlong Town, Miaoli County .
HSR Miaoli Station
HSR Taichung Station
is located at No. 8, 2nd Road, Station District, Wuri District, , Taichung City.
High Speed Rail Taichung Station
High Speed Rail Changhua Station
is located at No. 99, Section 2, Zhan District Road, Tianzhong Township, Changhua County.
High Speed Rail Changhua Station
High Speed Rail Yunlin Station
is located at No. 301 East Zhanqian Road, Huwei Town, Yunlin County.
High Speed Rail Yunlin Station
High Speed Rail Chiayi Station
is located at , No. 168, Gaotie West Road, Taibao City, Chiayi County.
High Speed Rail Chiayi Station
High Speed Rail Tainan Station
is located at , No. 100, Quy Nen Avenue, , Quy Nen District, Tainan City.
HSR Tainan Station
HSR Zuoying Station
is located at No. 105, HSR, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City.
High Speed Rail Zuoying Station