Circular line (New Taipei Metro)
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Overview | |||
Locale | Taipei and New Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) | ||
Stations | 32 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Rapid transit | ||
Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit System | ||
Depot(s) | North Depot, South Depot | ||
Rolling stock | Ansaldo STS | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 35.2 km (21.9 mi) | ||
Character | Elevated and underground | ||
Track gauge | 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm) |
Circular line | |||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 環狀線 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 环状线 | ||||||||||||||
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The Taipei Metro Circular Line (Chinese: 環狀線) is an elevated, medium-capacity rapid transit in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is currently under construction with the first section scheduled to open in 2015. Stage I construction consists of the section from Wugu Industrial District to Dapinglin on the Xindian Line and will be about 15.4 km (9.6 mi) long with 14 stations.[1]
The north and south sections of the Circle Line are considered separate projects and will be proposed to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.[1]
Construction
Ansaldo STS will supply electromechanical equipment for the line, including driverless technology and CBTC Radio signalling.[2] Dapinglin Station, the only underground station on the line, is being constructed by RSEA Engineering Corporation and will employ the cut-and-cover method.[3]
Construction officially broke ground on July 11, 2011 on a 6.3 km (3.9 mi) elevated section between Zhonghe and Banqiao.[4] The section is estimated to cost NT$13.7 billion, with the entire first-stage 15.4 km (9.6 mi) route estimated to cost NT$54.7 billion to construct.
The line will include the first elevated split platform in the system at Huazhong Bridge, Qiaohe, and Zhongyuan Stations due to narrowness of the available station area.[5][6]
Stations
Code | Section Name |
Station Name | Transfer | Location | ||
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English | Chinese | |||||
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Northern Section |
Y29 | Jiannan Road (Miramar) |
劍南路 (美麗華) |
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Zhongshan | Taipei |
Y28 | National Palace Museum | 故宮博物院 | Shilin | |||
Y27 | Shuangxi Park | 雙溪公園 | ||||
Y26 | Shilin | 士林 | Template:Taiwan line | |||
Y25 | Shilin District Office | 士林區公所 | ||||
Y24 | Shezheng Park | 社正公園 | ||||
Y23 | Wuhua Elementary School | 五華國小 | Sanchong | New Taipei | ||
Y22 | Wuhua Street | 五華路 | ||||
Y21 | St. Ignatius High School | 徐匯中學 | Template:Taiwan line | Luzhou | ||
Y20 | Deren Village | 得仁里 | ||||
Y19B | Xingzhen Village | 興珍村 | Wugu | |||
Y19A | Taipei County Exhibition Hall | 工商展覽中心 | ||||
Y19 | New Taipei Industrial Park | 新北產業園區 | Template:Taiwan line | Xinzhuang | ||
Western Section | ||||||
Y18 | Xingfu | 幸福 | ||||
Y17 | Touqianzhuang | 頭前庄 | Template:Taiwan line | |||
Y16 | Xinpu Minsheng | 新埔民生 | Banqiao | |||
Y15 | Banqiao | 板橋 | Template:Taiwan line Template:Taiwan line Western Line Template:Taiwan line | |||
Y14 | Banxin | 板新 | ||||
Y13 | Zhongyuan | 中原 | Zhonghe | |||
Y12 | Qiaohe | 橋和 | ||||
Y11 | Zhonghe | 中和 | ||||
Y10 | Jingping | 景平 | Template:Taiwan line | |||
Y9 | Jingxin Elementary School | 景新國小 | ||||
Y8 | Xiulang Bridge | 秀朗橋 | Template:Taiwan line | |||
Y7 | Shisizhang | 十四張 | Xindian | |||
Y6 | Dapinglin | 大坪林 | Template:Taiwan line | |||
Southern Section | ||||||
Y5 | Far East Industrial Park | 遠東工業區 | ||||
Y4 | Examination Yuan | 考試院 | Wenshan | Taipei | ||
Y3 | Xinglong Rd. | 興隆路 | ||||
Y2 | Muzha Elementary School | 木柵國小 | ||||
Y2A | National Chengchi University | 政大 | ||||
Y1 | Taipei Zoo | 動物園 | Template:Taiwan line Template:Taiwan line |
Pre-metro bus
MTC Bus (大都會客運) Route map
Rolling stock
AnsaldoBreda will supply 17 four-car trains for the line.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Second Stage of Taipei MRT (Approved MRT Line)". Comprehensive Planning Division. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-08-14. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Taipei Circular Line kicks off". Railway Gazette. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2010-02-07. [dead link]
- ^ "Part of Circular Line Phase I Construction Successfully Awarded and Main Construction to be Launched". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Construction on 1st-Stage Ring Section of Taipei MRT Breaks Ground". China Economic News Service. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- ^ "Construction of the Circular Line Launched". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ "環狀線CF650標高架段開工了" (PDF). Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-07-25.