- Orange Line (KMRT)
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Orange Line
橘線
Sizihwan Station platformOverview Type Rapid transit Locale Kaohsiung, Taiwan Termini Sizihwan
DaliaoStations 14 Operation Opened September 14, 2008 Operator(s) Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Character Underground/At-Grade Depot(s) Daliao Depot Technical Line length 14.4 km (8.9 mi) No. of tracks 2 Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Electrification Third rail (750 volts DC) Orange Line (KMRT) Traditional Chinese 橘線 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Jú-Xiàn - Tongyong Pinyin Jyú-Siàn - Wade–Giles Chü2- Hsien4 Min - Hokkien POJ Kiat-Soàⁿ The Orange Line is an East-West line of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It opened on September 14, 2008, the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, for a week-long free trial service. After the free trial service, the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit offered a month-long single one-way promotional NT$15 service on both the Red and the Orange line, with regular ticket price applies after this.
The 14.4 kilometres (8.9 mi) line has 14 stations and is the second metro line to open in southern Taiwan.[1] Shortly prior to opening, flaws such as emergency exit lighted signs, unclear ticket displays, and jammed emergency exits were fixed.[2] Although it was originally supposed to open with the Red Line, it was delayed due to tunnel collapse during construction December 2005.[3]
Stations
- FF8800
Code Station Name Connection Location English Chinese Orange Line O1 Sizihwan
(NSYSU)
(Hamasen)西子灣
(中山大學)
(哈瑪星)■ Costal Line
Kaohsiung Cross-harbor GondolaGushan Kaohsiung O2 Yanchengpu 鹽埕埔 ■ Circular Line (exterior) Yancheng O4 City Council 市議會 Cianjin O5/R10 Formosa Boulevard 美麗島 ■ Red Line Sinsing O6 Sinyi Elementary School 信義國小 O7 Cultural Center 文化中心 ■ Circular Line (exterior) Sinsing
LingyaO8 Wukuaicuo 五塊厝 Lingya O9 Martial Arts Stadium 技擊館 O10 Weiwuying 衛武營 ■ Brown Line O11 Fongshan West 鳳山西站 Fongshan O12 Fongshan 鳳山 
TRA Pingtung Line: Fengshan (exterior)O13 Dadong 大東 ■ Green Line O14 Fongshan Junior High School 鳳山國中 → ■ Pingtung Extension (planned) OT1 Daliao 大寮 → ■ Daliao Extension (planned) Daliao Pingtung Extension (from Fongshan Junior High School Station) (planned) O14 Fongshan Junior High School 鳳山國中 ← ■ Main Section of the Orange Line Fongshan Kaohsiung OP1 Piding 埤頂 Fongshan
DaliaoOP2 Cianjhuang
Qianzhuang前庄 Daliao OP3 Wongyuan
Wengyuan翁園 OP4 Siliao
Xiliao溪寮 ■ Foguangshan Line OP5 Jhuanzihyao
Zhuanziyao磚子瑤 Pingtung Pingtung
CountyOP6 Yucheng Village 玉成里 OP7 Sinsing
Xinxing新興 OP8 Dingjhai
Dingzhai頂宅 OP9 Taisugar Pingtung Factory 台糖屏東總廠 Daliao Extension (from Daliao Station) (planned) OT1 Daliao 大寮 ← ■ Main Section of the Orange Line Daliao Kaohsiung OT2 Fonglin
Fenglin鳳林 OT3 Gaoying 高英 OT4 Dafa Industrial Park 大發工業區 OT5 Sincuo
Xincuo新厝 OT6 Jhaoming
Zhaoming昭明 OT7 Tantou 潭頭 OT8 Linyuan Junior High School 林園國中 Linyuan OT9 Linyuan Jhongsiao
Linyuan Zhongxiao林園忠孝 OT10 Linyuan 林園 ■ Red Line Linyuan/Donggang Extansion References
- ^ "Kaohsiung inaugurates its new MRT line". The China Post. 2008-04-18. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2008/04/18/152452/Kaohsiung-inaugurates.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "Kaohsiung MRT fixes flaws in Orange Line". The China Post. 2008-09-11. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2008/09/11/174131/Kaohsiung-MRT.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ "MRT Orange Line inspected by mayor". The China Post. 2008-07-09. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2008/07/09/164619/MRT-Orange.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
Rail transport in Taiwan Inter-city Rapid transit Airport rail link Taipei Metro Brown Line • KMRT Red Line • Taoyuan Airport MRTIndustrial and Tourist Alishan Forest Railway • Taiwan Sugar Railways • Taiping Mountain Forest RailwayPlanned Keelung LRT • Hsinchu MRT • Tainan MRTCategories:- Rail transportation in Taiwan
- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
- Railway lines opened in 2008
- Taiwan rapid transit stubs
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