Red line (Kaohsiung Metro)

Red line
Red line platform at Formosa Boulevard
Overview
Locale	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Termini	Gangshan Siaogang
Stations	25
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	North South
History
Opened	9 March 2008 (2008-03-09)
Technical
Line length	31.1 km (19.3 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground/At-Grade/Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map Dahu Luzhu Luzhu South Kao Yuan University Kaohsiung Science District Benjhou Industrial Park National Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School ( Western Trunk line) Gangshan Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital Ciaotou Ciaotou Sugar Refinery ( Western Trunk line) Cingpu Metropolitan Park Houjing Nanzih Export Processing Zone Oil Refinery Elementary School World Games ( Western Trunk line ) ( ) Zuoying Ecological District Kaohsiung Arena Aozihdi Houyi Kaohsiung Main Station ( Western Trunk line, Pingtung line ) Kaohsiung Main Station (former site) Formosa Boulevard (  ) Central Park Sanduo Shopping District Shihjia Kaisyuan (  ) Cianjhen Senior High School Caoya Kaohsiung International Airport KHH Siaogang China Steel East Portal Labor Training Center Fongbitou Gangpu Elementary School Linyuan Linyuan Industrial Park Wufang Wulong Donggang Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall Dapengwan This diagram: view talk edit

Red line
Traditional Chinese	紅線
Simplified Chinese	红线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóng-Xiàn Wade–Giles Hung^2- Hsien^4 Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Âng-Soàⁿ

The Red line is a metro line of Kaohsiung Metro which runs north–south through the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At 31 kilometres (19 mi), it is the fourth-longest metro line in Taiwan, after Taoyuan Airport MRT, Tamsui-Xinyi Line and Zhonghe-Xinlu Line.

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei District^{[citation needed]}. This would add 8 stations to the line.

History

In the “1988 Kaohsiung Metropolitan Metro System Feasibility Study”, the Red line was amongst the four lines planned. In January 1991, it was one of the two lines categorised to open as Phase 1 in period 1. Further progress was halted in March 1995 due to skepticism for the need of it within the city council, citing traffic congestion within the city to be not critical. In June 1998, the Executive board revived the plans under the BOT initiative. Together with the approval from relevant city councils, the metro department began conducting feasibility studies of the Red Line in February 1999. Three months later, priority was given to China Steel Corporation and Siemens on construction contracts. The contracts were finalised in January 2000.

On 24 October 2001, ground works were initiated at the Siaogang station site. The first phase from Siaogang station to Sanduo Shopping District station had its machinery and tunneling works completed in November 2006. Test riders were invited for operational trial for this milestone. By February 2008, most of the construction had been completed. At this stage, a soft opening was launched with free rides in the first phase. The entire line from Siaogang to Ciaotou stations opened on 9 March 2008, and was free to commuters until 7 April the same year.^{[note 1]}

It opened for service on 9 March 2008 and was free for one month until 6 April.^[1]

The new EMUs for the six expanded stations will be manufactured by South Korea's Hyundai Rotem and Singapore's ST Engineering.^[2]

Stations

Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
	English	Chinese
RK8	Dahu	大湖	Gangshan-Luzhu		Hunei	Kaohsiung
RK7	Luzhu	路竹			Luzhu
RK6	Luzhu South	南路竹
RK5	Kao Yuan University	高苑科技大學
RK4	Kaohsiung Science Park	高雄科學園區
RK3	Benjhou Industrial Park	本洲產業園區			Gangshan
RK2	Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School	岡山農工
RK1	Gangshan	岡山	Main/Gangshan-Luzhu	Gangshan	Gangshan	Kaohsiung
R24	Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital	岡山高醫	Main
R23	Ciaotou Station	橋頭火車站		Qiaotou	Ciaotou
R22A	Ciaotou Sugar Refinery	橋頭糖廠
R22	Cingpu (NKFUST)^[A]	青埔 (高科大)
R21	Metropolitan Park	都會公園			Nanzih
R20	Houjing (NKMU) ^[B]	後勁 (海科大)
R19	Nanzih Technology Industrial Park	楠梓科技園區
R18	Oil Refinery Elementary School	油廠國小
R17	World Games/ National Sports Complex	世運／ 國家體育園區
R16	Zuoying/THSR	左營／高鐵		Xinzuoying (ZUY/12)	Zuoying
R15	Ecological District	生態園區
R14	Kaohsiung Arena (Sanmin Household & Commercial High School)	巨蛋 (三民家商)			Zuoying Gushan
R13	Aozihdi	凹子底		via Heart of Love River (C24)
R12	Houyi	後驛			Sanmin
R11	Kaohsiung Main Station	高雄車站		Kaohsiung
R10	Formosa Boulevard	美麗島		(O5)	Sinsing
R9	Central Park	中央公園			Sinsing Lingya
R8	Sanduo Shopping District	三多商圈			Lingya Cianjhen
R7	Shihjia (Labor Park)	獅甲 勞工公園)			Cianjhen
R6	Kaisyuan	凱旋		via Cianjhen Star (C3)
R5	Cianjhen Senior High School (Wujia)	前鎮高中 (五甲)
R4A	Caoya (KRTC)^[C]	草衙 (高雄捷運公司)
R4	Kaohsiung International Airport	高雄國際機場		KHH	Siaogang
R3	Siaogang	小港
R2	China Steel East Portal	中鋼東門	Main/Linyuan-Donggang		Siaogang	Kaohsiung
R1	Labor Training Center	勞工訓練中心	Linyuan-Donggang
RH2	Fongbitou	鳳鼻頭
RH3	Gangpu Elementary School	港埔國小			Linyuan
RH4	Linyuan	林園
RH5	Linyuan Industrial Park	林園工業區
RH6	Wufang	五房			Sinyuan	Pingtung County
RH7	Wulong	烏龍
RH8	Donggang	東港			Donggang
RH9	Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall	鵬管處
RH10	Dapengwan Bay	大鵬灣

Notes

• A^ The full name is National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology.
• B^ The full name is National Kaohsiung Marine University.
• C^ The full name is Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Formosa Boulevard station opened at a later date.

References

1. Liao Guoxiong (廖國雄) (2008-03-10). 高市／紅線通了 高捷公司允橘線8月通車 (in Traditional Chinese). ETtoday. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
2. "Hyundai Rotem wins contract for Kaohsiung rail line". Korea JoongAng Daily. November 16, 2021.