Xiaogang Linyuan Line

Xiaogang Linyuan Line
Overview
StatusUnder construction
LocaleKaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini
Continues asRed line
Stations7
Service
TypeUrban rail transit
History
OpenedExpected 2034
Technical
Line length11.59 km (7.20 mi)
CharacterUnderground and elevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Siaogang Linyuan Line is an extension of Kaohsiung Metro's Red line. It is now under construction and is expected to open in 2034. The line is 11.59 kilometers long, starting at Siaogang metro station and terminating at the Linyuan Industrial Park.[1] It will have 6 underground stations and 1 elevated station at a cost of NT$53.3 billion.

History

In 1991 the Executive Yuan agreed to commence the feasibility study on the proposed Red line section from Ciaotou station to the Linhai Industrial Park. The alignment of the Red line, which would connect Hsinyuan Extension that runs from Linhai to Sinyuan, Pingtung via Linyuan of Kaohsiung, was revised in 1993 such that it would end at Siaogang, where Linhai falls into the long-term planning. Another study conducted between 1998 and 2001 finds that the proposed Dapeng Bay Extension, which will run elevated from Siaogang to Dapeng Bay in Pingtung with through service to Red line, would not be cost effective.

Based on the study for Dapeng Bay Extension, the Kaohsiung authorities in early 2000s considered constructing a light rail transit system to connect Siaogang and Yanhai Road. However, the assessment concluded that the system would not be financially sustainable, and the plan, now renamed Linyuan Extension, was halted again. Local government then in 2012 mulled bus rapid transit system, starting at Siaogang and ending at Fengbitou, as the substitution. Meanwhile, a consultancy study initiated by the government in the 2010s proposed Siaoggang Linyuan Extension and Linyuan Donggang Extension.[2] The proposal is still unable to generate financial sustainability and was not prioritised.

In 2018, Kaohsiung authorities submitted the Red line extension proposal to Taipei government,[3] suggesting that the project should be approval on special condition due to Linyuan's significant contribution to the economy even though the extension may not generate revenue. Kaohsiung government also discussed with Pingtung counterpart on the type and alignment of the line,[4][5][6][7] and eventually agreed on providing an high-capacity system with most of them underground and lifting aboveground near the terminus, such that the Pingtung section could be built aboveground in the future and provide through service direct to Kaohsiung City.

The feasibility study was endorsed by the Executive Yuan in 2021. The final alignment was approved by the Executive Yuan in 2022.[8] Works began in November 2023,[9] and the extension is expected to open in 2034, at a cost of 53.3 billion, of which the government will subsidise $31.3 billion.[10]

Alignment

The line would extend from the original terminus of Siaoggang station, and travel southwards underground along Provincial Highway 17, with stops in Linhai Industrial Park, Fengbitou, Linyuan, and Linyuan Industrial Park Management Office. It will connect Linyuan Donggang Line at Linyuan Industrial Zone, running east to cross the county border and extending into Donggang and Dapeng Bay of Pingtung.[11]

Station

The station names are tentative only and not confirmed.

Code Station name Section Transfer Location
EnglishChinese
R3Siaogang小港 Main Siaogang Kaohsiung
↓ Siaogang Linyuan Line ↓
RL1China Steel East Portal中鋼東門 Main/Siaogang-Donggang SiaogangKaohsiung
RL2Linhai Industrial Park臨海工業區 Siaogang-Donggang
RL3Fongbitou鳳鼻頭
RL4Jhongkengmen中坑門 Linyuan
RL5Gangzihpu港子埔
RL6Linyuan林園
RL7Linyuan Industrial Park林園工業區

References

  1. ↑ 中時新聞網 (2018-11-05). "總統支持高雄捷運延伸林園 經費初估455億元 - 財經" [The President supports the Kaohsiung MRT extension to the forest park with an initial cost estimate of 45.5 billion yuan - Finance]. 中時新聞網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  2. ↑ "高捷延伸至林園 高雄市爭取中央支持│捷運│輕軌│經費│審查│TVBS新聞網" [Kaohsiung City extends to Linyuan Kaohsiung City seeks support from central government]. 2022-06-15. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  3. ↑ 中央通訊社 (2018-11-16). "高捷小港林園線規劃評估案 高市府報交通部 | 生活" [Gaojie Xiaogang Linyuan Line Planning Assessment Case Gao City Government reported to the Ministry of Transportation]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  4. ↑ 中央通訊社 (2020-09-14). "高捷小港林園線延伸屏東 研擬採高架興建 | 生活" [Gaojie Xiaogang Linyuan Line is extended to Pingtung and is planned to be constructed on elevated roads]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. ↑ 中時新聞網 (2020-10-21). "不能一車到底 高雄捷運延伸林園挨罵太白痴 - 政治" [Kaohsiung MRT Extension Forest Garden is scolded for being too idiotic for not being able to ride to the end in one car]. 中時新聞網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. ↑ 自由時報電子報 (2020-12-03). "高雄捷運延伸林園改地下 潘孟安：茲事體大恐難負擔 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報" [Kaohsiung MRT extension will be converted into underground parkland. Pan Meng'an: It may be difficult to afford the current disaster - Life - Liberty Times e-newsletter]. 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  7. ↑ 自由時報電子報 (2020-12-17). "陳其邁、潘孟安對捷運延伸有歧見 交通部明天協調 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報" [Chen Qimai and Pan Meng'an have different opinions on MRT extension. The Ministry of Transport will coordinate tomorrow]. 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  8. ↑ "獨家》賴瑞隆報喜訊：政院核定高捷小港林園線 可望年底動工". 自由時報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2022-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  9. ↑ 吳慧芬. "四線齊發！533億元高雄小港林園線今動工 王國材：未來將延伸到屏東". 聯合新聞網. 聯合線上公司. Archived from the original on 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  10. ↑ "蘇貞昌核定高捷小港林園線 行政院：中央補助313億". 自由時報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2022-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  11. ↑ "高雄捷運延伸林園規劃案 預留連結屏東大鵬灣" [Kaohsiung MRT Extension Forest Park Planning Project Reserved to Connect to Pingtung Dapeng Bay]. 自由時報電子報. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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