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Taiwan Railways Administration
臺灣鐵路管理局
Tâi-lô
Tâi-uân Thih-lōo Kuán-lí-kio̍k

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA)[I] was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track.[1] Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955.[2]

On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company.[3]

History

The Teng-yun (Chinese: 騰雲), built by Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, was the first steam locomotive operated in Taiwan.
Taiwan Railways' Electro-Motive Division G12-class diesel locomotive R51 in charge of an ordinary local passenger train.

The railway between Keelung and Hsinchu was completed during the

Formosa (Taiwan) to the Empire of Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War. The line was about 100 kilometres (62 mi) in length but in a poor condition when the Japanese arrived.[5][6][citation needed] The railway was rebuilt and expanded under the Railway Department [zh] of the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule
.

Following the

West Coast line and Badu-Hualien section feature mostly double-track, electrification, modern colour light and cab signalling, overrun protection, and centralized traffic control (CTC).[9] South-link line
, east coast Taitung (converted from 762 mm gauge), and three “tourist” branches are non-electrified single-track with passing sidings.

Corporatization of TRA

Because of the several hundred-billions TWD of liabilities, and the legal person type of TRA is considered a block for elasticity operations of railway systems, there were several campaigns and groups set up that aim to take

Taiwan Railway Corporation on January 1, 2024.[11]


See also

Notes

Words in native languages

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References

Citations

  1. ^ "Transportation". A Brief Introduction to Taiwan. ROC Government Information Office. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2006.
  2. ^ "Statistics". railway.gov.tw. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Contact Us Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine." Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved on March 1, 2014. "ADD: No.3, Beiping W. Rd., Jhongjheng District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan (R.O.C.)(Zip Code10041)" - Address in Chinese Archived 31 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine: "機關地址：臺北市北平西路三號 （郵遞區號10041）"
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  5. ^ Davidson (1903), p. 620.
  6. OCLC 860694076
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  7. ^ Abbott, James (ed.) Jane’s World Railways, 38th Ed., Coulsdon, Surrey, England, 1996.
  8. ^ "Transportation Research Board Compendium of Papers Online Portal: Sea…". Archived from the original on 28 December 2012.
  9. ^ 交通部台灣鐵路管理局 號誌裝置養護檢查作業程序 [TRA Signalling Equipment Maintenance Inspection Standard Operating Procedures] (doc). Banqiao: Taiwan Railways Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  10. ^ Lu, Yifeng (27 May 2022). "台鐵公司化三讀通過 交通部年底完成16條子法審議". UDN Taiwan. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ Preston, Robert (2 January 2024). "TRA becomes Taiwan Railway Corporation". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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