Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
| Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit | |
|---|---|
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Kaohsiung |
| Web presence | http://www.krtco.com.tw |
| Reference year | March 9, 2008 |
| owner | Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation |
| Board | PA Chen (President) |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Subway | 2 |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | approx. 160,000 daily (March 2015) |
| Stops | 37 |
| Length of line network | |
| Subway lines | 42.7 km |
The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) refers to the metro system of the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung . The operator is the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation. Construction started in 2001.
history
Kaohsiung City Council conducted a survey about building a subway system. After it was established that the majority of the population supported the project, the city administration applied for a building permit and partial financing from the central government. After the approval, planning for the construction began in 1990. The first phase, the construction of the Red Line and the Orange Line , was approved in 1991. However, it was blocked because of a dispute over the financing of the shares between the city government and Kaohsiung County .
This lasted until 1996 when the central government gave the order to build the metro system according to the operator model . KMRT received a corporate license and was registered in December 2000. In January 2001 the KMRT signed the construction and operation agreement with the city administration. The construction of the KMRT system began.
Construction work began in October 2001 and ended in March 2006. In November 2007, the first test drives on the Red Line took place. In January 2007 the last concrete slabs were laid for the 37 planned stations.
Passenger volume
The KMRT transports around 166,000 passengers a day and a good 60 million passengers a year. To achieve the break-even point , however, about 380,000 passengers per day are necessary. In the next few years, the aim is to achieve an annual increase in passenger numbers of 7–10%.
costs
The $ 5.46 billion cost included a 30 year contract including operation and maintenance. The construction costs were shared between the central government (79%), Kaohsiung City (19%) and Kaohsiung County (2%).
Route network
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The KMRT system has 2 lines with a total route length of 44.7 km and a total of 37 stations, the Formosa Boulevard station serves as a transfer station between the two lines. Of the stations, 27 are underground, eight have been raised and two built at ground level. All underground stations are equipped with modern platform screen doors. There are three depots , two at the terminus of the Red Line and one at the Daliao terminus of the Orange Line .
Red Line
| direction | Endpoints | Route length | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| North South | Gangshan South - Siaogang | 31.1 km | 24 (15 underground, eight elevated and one at ground level) |
Orange line
| direction | Endpoints | Route length | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| West East | Sizihwan - Daliao | 13.5 km | 14 (including one at ground level) |
Special stops
The World Games , Formosa Boulevard , Ciaotou , Ciaotou Sugar Refinery and Kaohsiung International Airport stations were designed by international artists. For the Formosa Boulevard stop , the Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata designed a 667 m 2 glass ceiling, the Dome of Light .
vehicles
The 42 three-part vehicles from Siemens can carry around 750 passengers and run at an average speed of 35 km / h.
Share ownership
The shares were divided as follows in 2013:
- China Steel Group: 43.36% (was responsible for building the tracks)
- National Development Fund, Executive Yuan: 13.84%
- The Far Eastern Group: 13.86%
- China Prosperity Development Corporation: 4.67%
- RSEA Engineering Corp .: 4.62%
- Southeast Cement Corp .: 3.23%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft: 2.31% (was responsible for all electronic and mechanical facilities)
- Others: 14.11%
Web links
- official website of the company (English, Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation, Traffic Statistics : March 2015 (PDF)
- ^ Company History , Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation website (accessed May 7, 2015)
- ↑ Annual report of KRT Corp., 2013 , p. 24 (PDF, English, Chinese)
- ↑ Kaohsiung MRT predicts 11% rise in passenger traffic , Taipei Times, January 4, 2011 (English)
- ↑ a b Annual Report of KRT Corp., 2013 , p. 134 ff (PDF, English, Chinese)
- ↑ Special Stations , KRTC website (accessed May 8, 2015)
- ↑ Metrosystem Kaohsiung, Taiwan ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Siemens Mobility (accessed May 8, 2015)
- ↑ Annual report of KRT Corp., 2013 , p. 17 (PDF, English, Chinese)
