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The Circular light rail (Chinese: 環狀輕軌; Wade–Giles: Huan2 chuang4 Ch'ing1 kuei3) is a 22.1-kilometer (13.7 mi) circular light rail line currently under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[3] The south part of this line makes use of the defunct tracks of the Taiwan Railways Administration's Kaohsiung Harbor Line.
Forecast to cost 16.5 billion New Taiwan dollars, it will be the world's first light rail vehicle system on a fully catenary-free route.[4][5]
Phase I construction consists of a section of line from Station C1 to Station C14, where Stations C3 and C14 are the transfer stations to Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system's Red Line and Orange Line, respectively. Construction of Phase I began on June 4, 2013.[6] Stations C1 to C14 were tested from August 2015 (rides on the trams are open to the public for free during testing[7]). The civil construction part of stations C1 to C14 had been completed, and Phase I achieved full operations on September 2017.[8][9][10] The CAF Urbos trams used in this line parked at or passed by these stations for demonstrations and tests in several events from November 2014 onwards.
Phase II construction will not start until the Kaohsiung urban railway is relocated underground in 2017. It is scheduled to be completed in 2019.
Leica
A Slice Of Life.
The Circular light rail (Chinese: 環狀輕軌; Wade–Giles: Huan2 chuang4 Ch'ing1 kuei3) is a 22.1-kilometer (13.7 mi) circular light rail line currently under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[3] The south part of this line makes use of the defunct tracks of the Taiwan Railways Administration's Kaohsiung Harbor Line.
Forecast to cost 16.5 billion New Taiwan dollars, it will be the world's first light rail vehicle system on a fully catenary-free route.[4][5]
Phase I construction consists of a section of line from Station C1 to Station C14, where Stations C3 and C14 are the transfer stations to Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system's Red Line and Orange Line, respectively. Construction of Phase I began on June 4, 2013.[6] Stations C1 to C14 were tested from August 2015 (rides on the trams are open to the public for free during testing[7]). The civil construction part of stations C1 to C14 had been completed, and Phase I achieved full operations on September 2017.[8][9][10] The CAF Urbos trams used in this line parked at or passed by these stations for demonstrations and tests in several events from November 2014 onwards.
Phase II construction will not start until the Kaohsiung urban railway is relocated underground in 2017. It is scheduled to be completed in 2019.