Circular Line (Kaohsiung MRT)
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The Circular light rail () is a light rail line in
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
, Taiwan, operated by
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation The Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTC; ) is a corporation established by the municipal government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan to build and operate a rapid transit system for the municipality of Kaohsiung. History The corporation was establishe ...
. The southern part of this line makes use of the defunct tracks of the Kaohsiung Harbor Railway Line. Construction cost was forecasted to be 16.5 billion New Taiwan dollars. Phase I consists of the section of the line from Station C1 to Station C14, of which Stations C3 and C14 are transfer stations to KMRT and , respectively. Construction of Phase I began on 4 June 2013. Stations C1 to C14 were open on a test-basis (free for the public) from August 2015, and commenced formal operations in September 2017. From November 2014 onwards, the CAF Urbos trams used in these tracks were tested in this line parked on multiple occasions. Phase II construction of the northern section partially began on 12 January 2021 after the underground relocation of Kaohsiung urban railway. The northern part of Phase II was scheduled to be opened in June 2021 along with the rest, but was delayed due to local opposition and is now projected to complete by 2023.


History


Stations

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Sanmin Sanmin District () is a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History During the Ming dynasty, the Wang, Tsai, and Cheng families built houses in the area to farm the land. The area was thus named ''Sankuaicu'' (). After the handover of Taiwan from ...
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Rolling stock

The line's fleet consist of nine CAF Urbos trams that will operate catenary-free.{{cite web, title=Trams: KAOHSIUNG TRAMWAY, url=http://www.caf.es/en/productos-servicios/soluciones-integrales/casos-estudio/tranvia-kaohsiung.php, access-date=2014-03-20, publisher= CAF The tramway cars are {{convert, 34, m, sp=us in length, and will be able to transport a total of 250 passengers (seated, and standing). 15
Alstom Citadis The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents ...
305 trains will be introduced.{{cite web , url= https://www.railway-technology.com/news/alstom-citadis-x05-trams-enter-service/, title=Alstom Citadis X05 trams enter service on South Circular LRT in Taiwan , publisher=Railway Technology , access-date=2021-02-03 The first Alstom trams entered service in November 2020.


Ticket

Unlike the Kaohsiung Metro Red and Orange Lines, the Kaohsiung Light Rail is charged at a lower rate. As of January 2019, the fare for each light rail is NT$30. There is special offer by using the digital wallet (such as iPass,
EasyCard The EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the EasyCard Corporation, which was previously named the "Taipei Smart Card Corporation", for payment on the Taipei Metro (also known as "''Taipei MRT''", or "Taipei Rapid Transit Syst ...
, icash, etc.) is NT$10. Card readers are available at each station and inside of tramway. When paying the fare by the e-ticket ( digital wallet), passengers are only charged one of them at each time. When paying by cash, passengers can purchase tickets at the ticket vending machines at each station for the ticket inspector to check.


Previous light rail demonstration project

In 2004, the Kaohsiung City Government and
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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, date=July 2013 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, date=July 2013 This
Siemens Combino The Siemens Combino is a low-floor tram produced by Siemens Mobility (formerly Duewag). The first prototype was produced in 1996 at the Duewag works in Düsseldorf; the trams are now made in Krefeld-Uerdingen. Due to its modular design using s ...
vehicle would later become the D2 Class operated in
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.


See also

* Danhai light rail * Transportation in Taiwan *
Kaohsiung Metro Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...


References

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External links

{{Commons category, Kaohsiung LRT Circular Line
Kaohsiung LRT Network Map

Kaohsiung LRT Project(Phase I) Project Brief

LRT Pages in Kaohsiung Metro Construction Bureau

The newest Kaohsiung LRT proposal clip

Older Kaohsiung LRT proposal clip
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