Taichung Metropolitan Area MRT System
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| Locale | Taichung & Changhua | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 1 | ||
| Number of stations | 9 | ||
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| System length | 31.8 km (19.8 mi) | ||
| Track gauge |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (all lines except Red Line) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (Red Line only) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺中捷運 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺中都會區大眾捷運系統 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táizhōng Jiéyùn |
| Bopomofo | ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄐ一ㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ |
| Wade–Giles | T'ai2-chung1 Chieh2-yün4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Táijhong Jiéyùn |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-tiong Chia̍t-ūn |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Táizhōng Dūhuìqū Dàzhòng Jiéyùn Xìtǒng |
| Bopomofo | ㄊㄞˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄉㄨ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄩ ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐ一ㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄒ一ˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ |
| Wade–Giles | T'ai2-chung1 Tu1-hui4-ch'ü1 Ta4-chung4 Chieh2-yün4 Hsi4-t'ung3 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Táijhong Duhuèicyu Dàjhòng Jiéyùn Sìtǒng |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-tiong To·-hōe-khu Toā-chiòng Chia̍t-ūn Hē-thóng |
The Taichung Metro (also called Taichung Mass Rail Transit or Taichung MRT) is a rapid transit system currently being constructed by the city government of Taichung, Taiwan. In addition to Taichung, it may serve Changhua and Nantou counties.
Planning of the Taichung MRT started in 1990 with a study conducted by the Taiwanese Bureau of Housing and Urban Development. The study was completed in 1998 and suggested the implementation of three routes (Red, Green, and Blue). The project was formally approved by the Executive Yuan of the ROC government on November 23, 2004. The city government signed a joint development contract with the Taipei City Government on December 12, 2007.
Meanwhile, the Taichung City Government started their own planning of more lines and decided that the much cheaper BRT system would be the future of mass transit in Taichung. Since the corridor of the originally proposed Red Line is partially served by the TRA mass transit construction, the Blue Line corridor was chosen as a first step to implement BRT in Taichung.
Construction of the first line, the Green Line, had been paid for and was expected to begin in October 2007, though it was pushed back and started construction on October 8, 2009. The 16.7 km (10.4 mi) section of the Green Line is now scheduled for completion by 2018 and will include 15 stations.
On March 9, 2011, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that it had won a joint order with Alstom Transport SA (France) and CTCI Corp. (Taiwan) to supply 36 units consisting of two-car, driverless trains totaling 29.5 billion yen. While Kawasaki will oversee construction, Alstom will focus on signaling and CTCI will supply the electrical system.
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