Classic route
Tze-Chiang Limited Express
Taipei → Taitung · Taiwan
Taiwan’s flagship Teng-Yun EMU3000, with a business-class car, curving down the wild Pacific east coast from Taipei to Taitung.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 5867231 (94 km), relation 5571509 (150 km) — 244 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 82.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 21.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Taiwan Railway: our line passes within 1.4 km of every station the Tze-Chiang Limited Express 406 to Taitung 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 Tze-Chiang Limited Express?
The Tze-Chiang Limited Express runs 321 km from Taipei to Taitung.
How long does the Tze-Chiang Limited Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 30 min for the 321 km. That is an average of 92 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Tze-Chiang Limited Express?
Taiwan Railway, with EMU3000.
How old is the Tze-Chiang Limited Express?
The line has been in service since 2021. 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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