High-speed route
THSR
Taipei → Kaohsiung · Taiwan
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Shinkansen technology’s first export: the length of Taiwan’s west coast in ninety minutes.
Stations
- 0 kmTaipei +3
- 7 kmBanqiao
- 37 kmTaoyuan
- 66 kmHsinchu
- 160 kmTaichung
- 246 kmChiayi
- 309 kmTainan
- 340 kmZuoying
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. 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
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9825284 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Taiwan High Speed Rail — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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 THSR?
The THSR runs 345 km from Taipei to Kaohsiung.
How long does the THSR take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 34 min for the 345 km. That is an average of 220 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the THSR?
Taiwan High Speed Rail, with 700T Series.
How old is the THSR?
The line has been in service since 2007. 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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