Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit

  • 2.1 Red Line
  • 2.2 Orange Line

History

The Kaohsiung City Government made ​​a survey for the construction of a metro system. Having established that the majority of the population supported the project, the city council asked the central government building permission and a partial funding. After the grant was begun in 1990 with the plans for the building. The first phase, the construction of the Red Line and the Orange Line was approved in 1991. However, it was blocked because of disputes the financing of the shares between the municipality and the district of Kaohsiung.

This lasted until 1996 when the central government gave the order to build the subway system after the operator model. The KMRT received a site license and was registered in December 2000. In January 2001, the KMRT signed the construction and operation agreement with the city administration. Thus, the construction of the KMRT system began.

Construction began in October 2001 and ended in March 2006. In November 2007 the first tests took place on the Red Line. In January 2007, the last concrete slabs were laid for the 37 planned stations.

Ridership

The KMRT transported every day about 140,000 passengers and about 4.2 million passengers per month. The objective was, however, to reach a figure of over 380,000 passengers per day. In the coming years we will therefore achieve an increase in passenger numbers by 7-10 % annually.

Costs

The cost of $ 5.46 billion included a 30- year contract, including operation and maintenance. The construction costs were (19%) and the district of Kaohsiung divided between the central government ( 79%), Kaohsiung City ( 2%).

Route network

The KMRT system has ( 33.3 km underground, 9.4 km elevated) over 2 lines with 36 stations, including 27 underground and eight elevated stations and a walk-in station, with a total length of 42.7 km.

All underground stations are equipped with modern platform screen doors.

Red Line

A 2.3 kilometer-long extension of the Red Line to South Station Gangshan is opened at the end of 2012.

Orange Line

Special stops

The Kaohsiung Arena Station, the Formosa Boulevard Station and the Kaohsiung International Airport Station were designed by international artists. The Formosa Boulevard Station was designed by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata. He is one of the best glass artists in the world.

Rolling stock

The three -car trains from Siemens can accommodate about 750 passengers and operate at an average speed of 80 km / h

Shareholdings

The shares are divided as follows:

  • China Steel Group: 32.5 % ( is responsible for the construction of the tracks )
  • RSEA Engineering Corp.. 10%
  • The Far Eastern Group: 10%
  • National Development Fund, Executuve Yuan: 10%
  • Southeast Cement Corp:. 7%
  • Uni-President Enterprise Group: 7%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 5% ( is responsible for all electronic and mechanical equipment )
  • Other: 18.5%
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