The Linkou Line () was a railway

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in Taiwan operated by the

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. It was located in Taoyuan County and

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. The Linkou line was suspended for operation in December 2012.

History

The railroad was originally built to transport coal to the

Linkou Power Plant The Linkou Power Plant () is a coal-fired power plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. With the previous total installed capacity of 600 MW, the power plant used to be the smallest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan. The power plant is curre ...

and was opened on January 1, 1968. But owing to the traffic policy of Taoyuan County, the local government made this line available for passenger service on October 27, 2005. Passenger service on the Linkou Line ended on December 28, 2012, followed by freight services on December 31, 2012, due to the grade-separation of the northern section of the TRA Taiwan Trunk Line.

Services

While still in operation, service was only on work days, excluding government holidays.

Stations

References

External links

Taoyuan County government website describing Taolin Railroad
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