Kaohsiung Rapid Transit
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Red and Orange lines: BOT
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| Locale | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 3 |
| Number of stations | 45 |
| Daily ridership | 178,975 (Dec. 2013 avg.) |
| Website | Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp |
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| Began operation | March 9, 2008 |
| Operator(s) | Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation |
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| System length | 47.3 km (29.4 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 高雄都會區大眾捷運系統 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 高雄捷運 | ||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gāoxióng Dūhuìqū Dàzhòng Jiéyùn Xìtǒng |
| Wade–Giles | Kao1-hsiung2 Tu1-hui4-ch'ü1 Ta4-chung4 Chieh2-yün4 Hsi4-t'ung3 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Gaosyóng Duhuèicyu Dàjhòng Jiéyùn Sìtǒng |
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| Hokkien POJ | Ko-hiông To·-hōe-khu Toā-chiòng Chia̍t-ūn Hē-thóng |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Gāoxióng Jiéyùn |
| Wade–Giles | Kao1-hsiung2 Chieh2-yün4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Gaosyóng Jiéyùn |
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| Hokkien POJ | Ko-hiông Chia̍t-ūn |
Red and Orange lines: BOT
Circular LRT:
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or MRT, formally Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System (Chinese: 高雄大眾捷運系統, 高雄捷運; pinyin: Gāoxióng Dàzhòng Jiéyùn Xìtǒng, Gāoxióng Jiéyùn), is a rapid transit system covering the metropolitan of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Construction of the KMRT started in October 2001. The Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14, 2008, respectively. KMRT is operated by the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTC; Chinese: 高雄捷運公司) under the BOT contract the company signed with the Kaohsiung City Government.
Two of Kaohsiung's MRT stations, Formosa Boulevard Station and Central Park Station, were ranked among the top 50 most beautiful subway systems in the world by Metrobits.org in 2011. In 2012, the two stations respectively are ranked as the 2nd and the 4th among the top 15 most beautiful subway stops in the world by BootsnAll.
The Kaohsiung City Government undertook a feasibility study for constructing a rapid transit system in Kaohsiung in 1987. After finding favorable results, the city government began lobbying the Central Government for approval and funding. In 1990 approval was obtained to establish the Kaohsiung City Mass Rapid Transit Bureau and planning of the rapid transit network started. The first phase of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System, the Red and Orange Lines, was approved in 1991, but disputes in funding shares between Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County Governments stalled the project. The Kaohsiung City Mass Rapid Transit Bureau was officially established in 1994, to coincide with the project's move into the final scoping and detail design stages.
Work continued until 1996, when the Central Government ordered KMRT to look into constructing the project via the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) method. In 1999 the city government put out a request for the BOT contract to construct the first phase of the KMRT system. In 2000, out of the three consortia that submitted bids, Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTC) was awarded the contract, receiving priority negotiating rights with the city government in constructing the system. KRTC obtained a company license and was registered in December 2000. In January 2001, KRTC signed the "Construction and Operation Agreement" and the "Development Agreement" with the Kaohsiung City Government, signaling the beginning of construction of the KMRT system. The main participants of the KRTC are: China Steel Corporation, Southeast Cement Corporation, RSEA Engineering Corporation, China Development Industrial Bank, and the Industrial Bank of Taiwan. The current system cost NT$181.3 (US$5.46 billion) to construct and includes a contract for 30 years of operation and maintenance. Construction costs were shared between the central government (79%), Kaohsiung City Government (19%), and Kaohsiung County Government (2%).
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