The Shen'ao line () is a 4.6 km long, single-track
Taiwan Railways Administration
/ref> railway branch line
A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line.
Industrial spur
An industri ...
of the Taiwan Railways Administration
Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...
. It runs through Ruifang
Ruifang District () is a suburban district in eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan.
History
During Japanese rule, Ruifang was called , and was administered as part of of Taihoku Prefecture. Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then kno ...
in New Taipei
New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest s ...
and Zhongzheng
Zhongzheng or Chungcheng () is a common name for places, roads, schools or organizations in Chinese-speaking areas, though today predominantly in Taiwan. The majority of these places and things are named after Chiang Chung-cheng, the preferred g ...
in Keelung
Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...
.
History
The railroad was originally built on 25 August 1967. The line was initially built to transport coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
but later added a passenger service, though passenger service was discontinued 1989.Badouzi Station
Badouzi () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) Shen'ao line located in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan.
History
The station was opened on 28 December 2016 after a five-month renovation which cost NT$10.82 milli ...
() onwards was disused.
Services
All trains have through service to the Yilan line
The Yilan Line () is the northern section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration in Taiwan. It has a length of 95 km.
History
This railroad was completed in 1924 as the Giran-sen during Imperial Japanese rule over Taiwan. ...
.
Stations
References
1967 establishments in Taiwan
TRA routes
Railway lines opened in 1967
3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Taiwan
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