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Metro Report InternationalAnkeng light rail line opens in New Taipei
TAIWAN: Mayor of New Taipei Hou Yu-ih attended the official opening of the Ankeng light rail line on February 10. Celebrations included music, a plant market and the sale of sets of three bottles of commemorative beer representing the Ankeng, Danhai and Circular lines. A free ...
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Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS)
City government department set up in 1987. It is the authority for metro constuction in Taipei, to plan and design the metro network, and manage the operating contract (Taipei Rapid Transit Corp). The network is planned to continue growing, reaching 270 km by 2031. See Taipei network map. The first ...
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Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Opened 2017, single line serving 21 stations. See Taipei and Taoyuan network map. The Taoyuan Airport MRT began trial running on February 2 2017, with full opening on March 2 2017 (51·0 km, 21 stations). It incorporates the Blue line of the Taoyuan’s metro between Huanbei and the airport, also ...
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Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC)
First line opened 1996. Network now comprises 6 lines and 130 stations. See Taipei network map. TRTC operates Taipei’s rapid transit network under concession from Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS) - details of lines under construction or planned are listed on the DORTS page. Taipei Metro LineColourNameDirectionkmstaopenlast extnote ...
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New Taipei Metro Corp (NTMC)
Light rail network opened 2018, second system in 2023; three lines serving 23 stops. See Taipei & Taoyuan network map. Danhai Light Rail Transit SystemFirst section of a light rail network in the northern Tamsui district, linking Hongshulin near the north end of TRTC’s Tamsui Line to Kanding in the ...