Red line (Kaohsiung Metro)

Red line
Red line
Traditional Chinese	紅線
Simplified Chinese	红线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóng-Xiàn
Wade–Giles	Hung2- Hsien4
Tongyong Pinyin	Hóng-Siàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Âng-Soàⁿ

Red line
Red line
	Red line platform at Formosa Boulevard station
Overview
Locale	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini	Gangshan South; Siaogang;
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	North; South
History
Opened	9 March 2008; 16 years ago
Technical
Line length	31.1 km (19.3 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground/At-Grade/Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	National Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial
	Vocational Senior High School
	Kaohsiung Medical University
	Gangshan Hospital
	Dapengwan National Scenic
	District Management Hall
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The Red line is a metro line of Kaohsiung Metro which runs north–south through the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At 31 kilometres (19 mi), it is the second longest metro line in Taiwan, after Taoyuan Airport MRT.

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei District^{[citation needed]}. This would add 8 stations to the line.

History

The line was the first metro line built in southern Taiwan, and started construction on 24 October 2001. It opened for service on 9 March 2008 and was free for one month until 6 April.^[1]

Stations

Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
Code	English	Chinese	Section	Transfer	Location

RK8	Dahu	大湖	Gangshan-Lujhu		Hunei	Kaohsiung
RK7	Lujhu	路竹			Lujhu
RK6	Lujhu South	南路竹
RK5	Kao Yuan University	高苑科技大學
RK4	Kaohsiung Science District	高雄科學園區
RK3	Benjhou Industrial Park	本洲產業園區			Gangshan
RK2	National Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School	岡山農工
RK1	Gangshan	岡山	Main/Gangshan-Lujhu	Gangshan
R24	Gangshan South	南岡山	Main		Gangshan	Kaohsiung
R23	Ciaotou Station	橋頭火車站		Qiaotou	Ciaotou
R22A	Ciaotou Sugar Refinery	橋頭糖廠
R22	Cingpu (NKFUST)^[A]	青埔 (高科大)
R21	Metropolitan Park	都會公園			Nanzih
R20	Houjing (NKMU) ^[B]	後勁 (海科大)
R19	Nanzih Export Processing Zone	楠梓加工區
R18	Oil Refinery Elementary School	油廠國小
R17	World Games/ National Sports Complex	世運／國家體育園區
R16	Zuoying/THSR	左營／高鐵		Xinzuoying (ZUY/12)	Zuoying
R15	Ecological District	生態園區			Zuoying
R14	Kaohsiung Arena (Sanmin Household & Commercial High School)	巨蛋 (三民家商)			Zuoying Gushan
R13	Aozihdi	凹子底		via Heart of Love River (C24)	Zuoying Gushan
R12	Houyi	後驛			Sanmin
R11	Kaohsiung Main Station	高雄車站		Kaohsiung	Sanmin
R10	Formosa Boulevard	美麗島		(O5)	Sinsing
R9	Central Park	中央公園			Sinsing Lingya
R8	Sanduo Shopping District	三多商圈			Lingya Cianjhen
R7	Shihjia (Labor Park)	獅甲勞工公園)			Cianjhen
R6	Kaisyuan	凱旋		via Cianjhen Star (C3)
R5	Cianjhen Senior High School (Wujia)	前鎮高中 (五甲)
R4A	Caoya (KRTC)^[C]	草衙 (高雄捷運公司)
R4	Kaohsiung International Airport	高雄國際機場		KHH	Siaogang
R3	Siaogang	小港			Siaogang
R2	China Steel East Portal	中鋼東門	Main/Linyuan-Donggang		Siaogang	Kaohsiung
R1	Labor Training Center	勞工訓練中心	Linyuan-Donggang
RH2	Fongbitou	鳳鼻頭
RH3	Gangpu Elementary School	港埔國小			Linyuan
RH4	Linyuan	林園
RH5	Linyuan Industrial Park	林園工業區
RH6	Wufang	五房			Sinyuan	Pingtung County
RH7	Wulong	烏龍			Sinyuan
RH8	Donggang	東港			Donggang
RH9	Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall	鵬管處
RH10	Dapengwan Bay	大鵬灣

Notes

A^ The full name is National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology.
B^ The full name is National Kaohsiung Marine University.
C^ The full name is Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation.

References

^ Liao Guoxiong (廖國雄) (2008-03-10). 高市／紅線通了　高捷公司允橘線8月通車 (in Traditional Chinese). ETtoday. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

[1] Liao Guoxiong (廖國雄) (2008-03-10). 高市／紅線通了　高捷公司允橘線8月通車 (in Traditional Chinese). ETtoday. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

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