Scenic route
Shen’ao Line
Ruifang → Badouzi · Taiwan
Short coastal branch to Badouzi, the Taiwan station nearest the sea, where rainbow-painted railcars run beside the wave-cut Shen’ao arch.
- Distance
- 5 km
- Fastest time
- 15 min
- Average speed
- 20 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmRueifang +1
- 5 kmHaikeguan
- 5 kmBadouzhi
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- The 5 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 5149860 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 73.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Taiwan Railway: our line passes within 71 m of every station the Local Train 4807 to Badouzi calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Shen’ao Line?
The Shen’ao Line runs 5 km from Ruifang to Badouzi.
How long does the Shen’ao Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 15 min for the 5 km. That is an average of 20 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Shen’ao Line?
Taiwan Railway, with DR1000 railcar.
How old is the Shen’ao Line?
The line has been in service since 2014. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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