Transportation in Taiwan
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[edit] Land transportation
[edit] Roads
- Total length: 38,197 km (2005)
- National highway: 901 km
- Provincial highway: 4,680 km
- highways: 20,947 km (including 872 km of freeways)
- urban roads: 16,395, km
[edit] Railways
Total: 1,496 km (2003) (all on the island of Taiwan)
- Taiwan Railway Administration: 1,097 km (gauge: 1067 mm)
- Taiwan Sugar Corporation: 240 km (gauge: 762 mm)
- Taipei Rapid Transit System: 65 km (gauge: 1435 mm)
- Forestry Bureau: 86 km (gauge: 762 mm)
[edit] Conventional rail
[edit] Light rail
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[edit] Metro
Currently, the TRTS in Taipei is the only operational rapid transit system in Taiwan. However, the Red Line of the KMRT in Kaohsiung is expected to commence operation in the second half of 2007. Several other cities in Taiwan, including Taichung, are also planning rapid transit systems.
[edit] High speed rail
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) commenced operations on January 5, 2007, after some delays in 2006. The THSR connects Taipei City in the northeast of the island of Taiwan to Kaohsiung City in the southwest. The journey time is about 90 minutes instead of the 4 hours by conventional rail.
[edit] Air transportation
[edit] Airports
Total: 18 (civil, 2005)
length of runways:
- over 3,047 m: 6 (Taiwan Taoyuan, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Chiayi, Pingtung)
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (Kinmen, Magong, Hualien, Songshan, Taitung)
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (Hengchun, Nangan)
- 914 to 1,523 m: 4 (Beigan, Lanyu, Lyudao, Wan-an)
- under 914 m: 1 (Cimei)
[edit] Heliports
Total: 9 (2006)
[edit] Sea transportation
[edit] Ports and harbors
Taiwan is surrounded by sea on all sides.
Major ports: Hualien, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Taichung
Other ports: Anping, Su-ao, Taipei
Interior ports: Budai, Magong, Kinmen, Matsu
Merchant marine: 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,827,173 GRT/6,121,877 DWT (2003)
ships by type:
- bulk 35
- cargo 64
- container 42
- petroleum tanker 20
- passager 38
- other 36
[edit] Pipelines
petroleum products 3,400 km; natural gas 1,800 km (1999)
[edit] External links
