Circular Line (KMRT)

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For a medium-capacity metro route with the same name in Taipei City and New Taipei City, Taiwan, see Circular Line (Taipei Metro).
Circular Line
Circular Line
環狀輕軌		 Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Logo(Logo Only).svg
C3 Star of Cianjhen Station.JPG
CAF Urbos trams parked at C3 Station
Overview
Type Light Rail
Locale Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini C1 (Near Yisin Rd.)
C14 (Near Kaohsiung Harbor Station)
Stations 14 (under construction),
36 (total planned)
Operation
Operator(s) Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Character At-Grade/Elevated
Depot(s) Cianjhen Depot
Events
Status Under construction
Operation will start Mid-2016
Technical
Line length 22.1 km (13.7 mi)
No. of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification ACR (rapid charge accumulator)
Operating speed 70 km/h maximum[2]
File:機電調整作業中的C1車站.JPG
C1 Station (March 9, 2015)
File:環狀輕軌列車於C2站 6.JPG
C2 Station (November 9, 2014)
File:Kaohsiung Circular Line C4 station in July 2013.jpg
Future C4 station approximate location in July 2013.
File:Kaohsiung Circular Line C8 station in July 2013.jpg
Future C8 station approximate location in July 2013. Old railway, used as a bikepath.

The Circular Line (Chinese: 環狀輕軌; pinyin: Huánzhuàng Qīngguǐ; literally Circular Light Rail) is a 22.1-kilometer (13.7 mi) circular light rail line currently under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[3] The south part of this LRT line makes use of the defunct railroad of TRA Kaohsiung Harbor Line.

Estimated to 16.5 billion TWD, it will be the world's first light rail vehicle system on a fully catenary-free route.[4][5]

Phase I construction consists of a section of line from Station C1 to Station C14, where Stations C3 and C14 are the transfer stations to Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system's Red Line and Orange Line, respectively. Construction of Phase I began on June 4, 2013.[6] The section C1 – C8 (Perhaps C1 – C10) is scheduled to be tested from August 2015 (riding on the trams is open to the public for free[7]) and fully operational by mid-2016.[8][9][10] As of March 30, 2015, the civil construction part of Stations C1, C2 and C3 has been finished. The CAF Urbos trams used in this line parked at or passed by these stations for demonstrations and tests in several events from November 2014 to March 2015.

Phase II construction will not start until the Kaohsiung urban railway is relocated underground in 2017. It is scheduled to be completed in 2019.[4]

Stations

Code Station Name Section Connection Location
English Chinese
— ↑ Loop line towards Rueibei ↑ —
C1 Lizihnei 籬仔內 Phase I Foguangshan [planned] Cianjhen Kaohsiung
C2 Kaisyuan Rueitian 凱旋瑞田
C3 Cianjhen Star 前鎮之星 Red via Kaisyuan (R6)
C4 Kaisyuan Jhonghua 凱旋中華
C5 Dream Mall 夢時代 Yellow [planned]
C6 Commerce and Trade Park 經貿園區
C7 Software Technology Park 軟體園區
C8 Kaohsiung Exhibition Center 高雄展覽館 Brown [planned]
C9 Cruise Terminal 旅運中心 Lingya
C10 Glory Pier 光榮碼頭
C11 Love Pier 真愛碼頭 Yancheng
C12 Dayi Pier-2 駁二大義
C13 Penglai Pier-2 駁二蓬萊 Gushan
C14 Hamasen 哈瑪星 Orange via Sizihwan (O1)
C15 Wufu 4th Rd. 五福四路 Phase II
C16 Dagong Rd. 大公路
C17 Singlong Rd. 興隆路
C18 Gushan 鼓山 TRA Underground Western [2017]
C19 Jiouru 4th Rd. 九如四路
C20 Fine Arts Museum 美術館 TRA Underground Western via Fine Arts Museum [2017]
C21 Art Park 美術園區
C22 Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital 聯合醫院
C23 Longde Rd. 龍德路
C24 Kaohsiung City Hall 新市政中心 Red via Aozihdi (R13)
C25 Longhua Junior High School 龍華國中 Zuoying
C26 President New Century 大統新世紀 Sanmin
C27 Dingshan 鼎山
C28 Wanzihnei 灣子內 Yellow [planned]
C29 Jiansing Rd. 建興路
C30 Dashun Jiouru 大順九如 TRA Underground Western via National Science And Technology Museum [2017]
C31 Universal Cinemas 環球影城 Orange via Cultural Center (O7) Wukuaicuo (O8) Lingya
C32 Rainbow Park 彩虹公園 Orange via Cultural Center (O7) Wukuaicuo (O8)
C33 Minsheng Hospital 民生醫院
C34 Kuochi Vocational High School 國際商工 Brown [planned]
C35 Wuchang Rd. 武昌路 Cianjhen
C36 Ersheng Rd. 二聖路
C37 Bahnbetriebswerk 機廠
— ↓ Loop line towards Yisin Rd. ↓ —

Rolling stock

The line's fleet will consist of nine CAF Urbos trams that will operate catenary-free.[5] The tramcars will be 34-meter-long (112 ft), and will be able to transport a total of 250 passengers (seated, and standing).[4]

Previous light rail demonstration project

File:Ddm 2004 007 Kaoshiung Cable Car on Rail.jpg
The Siemens Combino vehicle was used for light rail demonstration at Central Park, Kaohsiung in 2004.

In 2004, the Kaohsiung City Government and Siemens built a temporary two-station circular light rail line in Central Park, operated by a single trainset, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of building a light rail system in Kaohsiung City.[citation needed] It was meant to alleviate some residents' concerns that light rail would negatively impact their surroundings by producing excessive noise and hindering normal traffic flow.[citation needed] This Siemens Combino vehicle would later become the D2 Class operated in Melbourne, Australia.

See also

References

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