There are currently six operating railway systems in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

: The two

Inter-city rail Inter-city rail services are express passenger train services that run services that connect cities over longer distances than commuter or regional trains. There is no precise definition of inter-city rail; its meaning may vary from country ...

systems, Taiwan Railways and

Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...

, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in detail. There are five

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be ...

systems in

: * Taipei Metro, opened in March 1996, serves the core of Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area. *

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 ...

, opened in March 2008, serves the core of

Kaohsiung metropolitan area Kaohsiung metropolitan area () is the urban area of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. Definition According to the definition of metropolitan areas formerly used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government, Kaohsiung metropolitan area included the ...

. *

Taoyuan Metro The Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving Taoyuan City in Taiwan. The most recently proposed network includes 11 lines and extensions, of which 2 are n ...

, opened in March 2017, connects the cores of

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

and Taoyuan with

Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is an international airport serving Taipei and northern Taiwan. Located about west of Taipei in Dayuan District, Taoyuan, the airport is Taiwan's largest. It was also the busiest airport in Taiwan before ...

. *

New Taipei Metro New Taipei Metro () is a transit system serving New Taipei, Taiwan, operated by . The Danhai light rail is under operation, while the Ankeng light rail and the Sanying line under construction. There are many other lines in various stages of pl ...

, opened in December 2018, serves the

Danhai New Town Danhai New Town (), previously romanized as Tamhai New Town, is a large residential development in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was first proposed as a new town in 1992. The project aims to create a town using 17.56 km2 of land nor ...

. * Taichung Metro, opened in April 2021, serves the core of Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area. The

Alishan Forest Railway Alishan Forest Railway () is an 86 km network of narrow gauge railways running up to and throughout the popular mountain resort of Alishan in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The railway, originally constructed for logging, has become a tourist a ...

is currently administered by

Forestry Bureau The Forestry Bureau () is an agency of the Council of Agriculture of Taiwan (ROC). History The Forestry Bureau was originally established in 1945 as the Office of Forestry Administration. In June 1947, the office was disbanded and the Forestry A ...

as a

heritage railway A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...

for tourists in

Alishan National Scenic Area The Alishan National Scenic Area is a mountain resort and nature reserve located in Alishan township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. Geography Alishan is in area. Notable characteristics include mountain wilderness, four villages, waterfalls, h ...

. File:ROC Taiwan Railways Administration Logo.svg, Taiwan Railways File:Taiwan High Speed Rail Logo(Log Only).svg, Taiwan High Speed Rail File:Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Logo(Logo Only).svg, Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System File:Taipei Metro Logo(Logo Only).svg, Taipei Metro Station names in

are in

Wade–Giles Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' o ...

for major stations and in

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

for other minor stations. Exceptions exist in

, which uses

Tongyong Pinyin Tongyong Pinyin () was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated for adoption. Taiwan's Ministry ...

in general. Other romanization systems also exists in some cases for private property or traditional place names. The law of Taiwan also requires all notifications in public transportation systems including station names shall be made in Mandarin,

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien () (; Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-uân-uē''), also known as Taigi/Taigu (; Pe̍h-ōe-jī/ Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú''), Taiwanese, Taiwanese Minnan, Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by about ...

, and

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

Taiwan Railways

The Taiwan Railways is operated by the governmental official

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 consists of the following lines * Western main line: including West Coast line,

Taichung line The Taichung line (), also known as the Mountain line (), is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration, which one of two parallel lines in Central Taiwan section offsetting to inland mountain area. It has a total length of 85.5 km, all of w ...

and

Pingtung line The Pingtung Line () is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration West Coast line in Taiwan. It is long, of which is double track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway ...

. * Eastern main line: including Yilan line, North-link line and Taitung line. * South-link line * Branch lines: Pingxi line,

Neiwan line The Neiwan line () is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration. It is located in Hsinchu County. History The Neiwan line was completed on 11 September 1951. It became a popular tourist site in the early ...

Liujia line The Liujia Line () is a branch line of the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) Western Line. It is located in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It was built to link the Western Line to the THSR's Hsinchu Station, speeding up transit times between the two ...

Jiji line The Jiji Line () is a branch line of the Taiwan Railways Administration, located in Changhua and Nantou Counties in Taiwan. The length of the line is 29.7 km. History The line was originally built by Taipower in 1922 to facilitate the ...

, Shalun line,

Shen'ao line The Shen'ao line () is a 4.6 km long, single-track railway branch line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. It runs through Ruifang in New Taipei and Zhongzheng in Keelung. History The railroad was originally built on 25 August 1967. T ...

Stations with special and first classes are shown in bold.

Operating stations

Closed stations

Taiwan High Speed Rail

The

currently operates 12 stations in

western Taiwan The regions of Taiwan are based on the historical administrative divisions. However, most of the definitions are not precise. Division into two regions * Eastern and Western Taiwan: the Central Mountain Range separates Taiwan into east and west. :* ...

: * Taiwan Railways have a station name identical to THSR in a union station or in nearby places: Banqiao, Nangang,

. * Taiwan Railways have a station name identical to THSR but in different places:

Changhua Changhua ( Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was ...

, Chiayi,

Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

, Miaoli,

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of T ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

, Taoyuan, Zuoying.

Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System

The

Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System 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 ...

consists of three lines: Red line, Orange line, and Circular light rail. There are in total 52 stations in total on the three lines.

New Taipei Metro

The

consists of one line, Danhai light rail, with 14 stations. Stations V01-V11 opened in 2018, and stations V26-V28 opened in 2020.

Taichung Metro

The Taichung Metro consists of one line, Green line, with 18 stations. The line officially opened on April 25, 2021.

Taipei Metro

The Taipei Metro System consists of five lines: Wenhu line, Tamsui–Xinyi line,

Zhonghe–Xinlu line The Zhonghe–Xinlu or Orange line (code O) is a metro line in Taipei operated by the Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Zhonghe, Xinzhuang and Luzhou. The line starts at in Zhonghe, passes through central Taipei, then splits ...

, Songshan–Xindian line, Bannan line. There are in total 117 stations in total on these lines.

Taoyuan Metro

consists of one line, Taoyuan Airport MRT, with 21 stations.

Alishan Forest Railway

The

is owned and operated by

. Currently four lines are in operation: Main line (Alishan line), Chushan line, Shenmu line, and Zhaoping line. Branch lines
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