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Taiwan High Speed Rail

Reportingmark

THSR

Locale Taiwan proper

Dates ofoperation

2007–present

Track gauge 4 ft 81⁄2 in (1,435 mm)Standard gauge

Length 335.5 km

Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan High Speed RailFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taiwan High Speed Rail (traditional Chinese:台灣高速鐵路, abbreviated THSR) is a high-speed rail network that runs along the westcoast of Taiwan. It is approximately335.50 kilometers (208 mi) long, and runs fromTaipei City to Kaohsiung City. THSR beganoperation on January 5, 2007.

THSR is based on Japan's Shinkansen system,and its Taiwan High Speed 700T train is avariant of the 700 Series Shinkansen. The 700Ttrain is built by a consortium of Japanese rollingstock builders, most notably Kawasaki HeavyIndustries.[1] The total cost of the project isestimated to be US$15 billion,[2] and is one ofthe largest privately funded transport schemes todate. An express train capable of running at upto 300 km/h (186 mph)[3] travels from TaipeiCity to Kaohsiung City in about 90 minutes,compared to 4.5 hours for a train on theconventional western trunk line of the TaiwanRailway Administration;[4] a local THSR traintakes approximately two hours to travel thesame route, stopping at all stations. The presentCEO of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation isDr. Chin-der Ou (歐晉德), and Chairperson ofthe Board is Nita Ing (殷琪).

Contents

1 History1.1 Controversy

2 Rolling stock3 Services4 Ridership5 Revenue6 Stations

6.1 Planned

7 In popular culture7.1 The Amazing Race 12

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Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan High Speed RailTraditional Chinese 台灣高速鐵路 or

臺灣高速鐵路

Transliterations

Hakka

- Romanization Thòi-vàn Kaû-suk Thiet-

lu

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Gāosù Tiělù

- Tongyong Pinyin Táiwan Gaosù Tiělù

- Wade-Giles T'ai2-wan1 Kao1-su4

T'ieh3-lu4

Min

- Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân Ko-sok Thih-lō·

THSR

Traditional Chinese 台灣高鐵 or 臺灣高鐵

Transliterations

Hakka

- Romanization Thòi-vàn Kaû-thiet

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Gāotiě

- Tongyong Pinyin Táiwan Gaotiě

- Wade-Giles T'ai2-wan1 Kao1-t'ieh3

Min

- Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân Ko-thih

THSR train on a test run in June 2006.

7.2 Depiction in train simulators

8 See also9 References10 Further reading11 External links

History

Although informal planning began as early as1980, the first formal plans for a high speed railline linking the cities of Taipei and Kaohsiungwere proposed in a Ministry of Transportationstudy in 1990.[5] They were then approved bythe Executive Yuan in 1992 and the LegislativeYuan in 1993. The decision to pursue a Build-Operate-Transfer method was also approved.

In a prolonged bidding process, the TaiwanHigh Speed Rail Consortium (THSRC) ranagainst the Chunghwa High Speed RailConsortium (CHSRC). THSRC's bid was basedon the high-speed technology platform ofEurotrain, a joint venture of GEC-Alsthom (themain maker of the French TGV) and Siemens(the main maker of the German ICE), whileCHSRC's bid was based on the JapaneseShinkansen technology. THSRC also promised tobuild the line entirely from private capital. In1997, THSRC was awarded the project.[6] Thegroup was renamed and formally established asthe Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation(THSRC) in May 1998.

In October 1997, the Eurotrain consortium wasdeclared the preferred bidder to supply trainsand equipment and execute the actualconstruction. The two companies formed aEurotrain demonstration train by joining twoICE 2 powerheads to the unpowered double-deck middle cars of a TGV Duplex. This trainmade a demonstration run on the Hannover-Würzburg line in Germany with THSRCrepresentatives present, achieving a maximumspeed of 316 km/h.[7][8]

However, THSRC announced on 28 December1999 that it would negotiate a final contract



THSR train on a test run in June 2006.

A THSR 700T train.

with the Taiwan Shinkansen Consortium,saying that while both trains were satisfactory,TSC had "technology, price, finance and maintenance merits".[9] Eurotrain contested thedecision, and a long controversy followed until THSRC agreed to pay compensation (seeControversy subsection below).

A benefit of the Japanese system that became apparent after the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwanon 21 September 1999 was the "UrEDAS" (Urgent Earthquake Detection and Alarm System,ja:ユレダス) earthquake detection system.

After the signing of contracts, actual construction began in March 2000. The design speed forthe line is 350 km/h (217 mph).[10] Ballastless slab track of both Japanese and Germanmanufacture was used.[11]

Running tests using the first 700T trains started in January 2005. In late October 2005,Taiwan High Speed Rail passed its targeted top service speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) andachieved 315 km/h (196 mph) during testing.

Trial runs between Banciao (Taipei) and Zuoying (Kaohsiung) opened to the public on January5, 2007.[12] The HSR platforms at Taipei Main Station opened on March 2, 2007,[13] bringingthe entire line into operation.

In December 2005, some of the same Japanese companies involved in THSR won anotherproject to build a high speed rail link to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, with theexception of the signaling system (which was awarded to Westinghouse Rail Systems).

Controversy

THSRC's awarding of the train contracts to theTaiwan Shinkansen Consortium (TSC) instead ofEurotrain was a subject of controversy. THSRCitself won the THSR tender with a plan based onthe Eurotrain, while its defeated competitor basedits offer on the Shinkansen. But shortly afterwinning the BOT contract, THSRC declared thatthe construction and train system bid was open toTSC as well.[6]

In the months prior to the final decision, financialconsiderations were emphasized, as THSRC haddifficulty raising capital for the project. In May1999, the government of Japan promised softloans if the TSC proposal won. Likewise, the head of the losing CHSRC bid, who was the topfinancier of the governing Kuomintang, promised funds if THSRC switched to theShinkansen.[14] In September, Eurotrain offered to take a 10% stake in THSRC.[15] The nextyear, TSC, too, signed an agreement to buy a 10% stake.[16]

When announcing its decision, THSRC emphasized that expectations on exchange ratefluctuations played a role, but also noted that TSC offered a newer Shinkansen than they had



p y , yin 1997.[9]

It was rumored that the decision was political: according to Taiwanese media, the choice wasto pave the way for then-President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan.[9] THSRC denied theallegation.[17] However, in a book published in May 1999, Lee made a case for picking theJapanese offer, claiming that while it was more expensive, the Shinkansen was superior basedon safety and political considerations.[14]

The losing Eurotrain consortium filed an injunction against THSRC's negotiations with TSC,[18]

but lost the case both on the initial filing[19] and at the appeal in High Court.[20] WhileEurotrain eventually conceded the train system bid, it filed a US$800 million damage claim atthe Singapore International Arbitration Center in February 2001. In reaction, THSRCcontended that their decision was a commercial one, reiterating that "price, financial planning,and maintenance" were the only deciding factors.[21] After a lengthy arbitration process, thecourt ruled in March 2004 that THSRC should pay a compensation for the US$32 millionEurotrain spent on development and further unjust enrichment.[22] THSRC agreed to payUS$65 million (US$89 million with interest) to Eurotrain in November 2004.[17]

Meanwhile, the cost of the project grew. Critics point out that the total cost exceeded $15billion, or about $650 for every man, woman, and child in Taiwan.[5] Funded by privatemeans, it was billed as the largest Build-Operate-Transfer project in history, but thedevelopment corporation THSRC consistently failed to meet its funding targets on time.Legislators attacked THSRC for breaching its promise to finance the project entirely fromprivate funds, claiming that 84% of the financing in the BOT scheme came from thegovernment or state-owned corporations, and adopted an opposition proposal to limit furtherpublic funding.[23]

The project was also dogged by allegations of poor quality construction, claims of unresolvedsafety concerns by THSRC opponents, and an additional year-long delay.[24]

Supporters of the project believed THSR would help relieve traffic congestion along theheavily traveled western corridor, while also having the advantages of greater safety, hightransit volume, low land occupancy, energy economy, and low pollution. For example, TheNew York Times reported, "Passengers who travel on a fully loaded train will use only a sixthof the energy they would use if they drove alone in a car and will release only one-ninth asmuch carbon dioxide, the main gas linked to global warming."[5]

As a legacy of working with Eurotrain, THSR started operation of its Japanese-built trains with40 French and 13 German drivers. THSRC planned to train enough local drivers to replacethem in 18 months.[25] As of March 2008, THSR employed 54 Taiwanese and 35 foreigndrivers, with most of the foreign drivers being French nationals. Training and hiring sufficientdrivers was seen as a pressing issue for the future. THSRC estimated it would need about 100Taiwanese drivers to reach its target level of service.[26]

Despite pre-opening doubts, THSR has taken a large share of the market for north-south tripsin western Taiwan (see Ridership section).

Rolling stock



All 30 trainsets on THSR are 700T EMUs, based on the 700 Series Shinkansen train used inJapan. The maximum service speed of the trains is 300 km/h (186 mph). The 12-car trainshave a passenger capacity of 989 seats, in two class configuration (66 seats in Business Class,the rest Standard Class).

In November 2008, THSRC announced that the company will order a further 6-12 trains fromthe Japanese makers the next year, for service from 2011, to cope with increased demand.[27]

Services

All trains stop at Taipei, Banciao and Taichung stations, but there are several service patternsfor other stations.[28]

Train numbers 1xx: Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taichung onlyTrain numbers 2xx: Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taichung, Chiayi, TainanTrain numbers 3xx: Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, TaichungTrain numbers 4xx: Taipei to Zuoying, stops at all stations, local service.Train numbers 5xx: Taipei to Taichung, stops at all intermediate stations, local service.Train numbers 55x: Taichung to Zuoying, stops at all intermediate stations, localservice.

Standard and business cars compartments are available aboard each train, with the latteroffering wider seating, individual audio entertainment systems and power outlets for portableelectronics in each seat.[29]

The system's operating hours are from 6:00AM to 12:00 midnight.[30]

Train frequency was ramped up progressively from an initial 38 per day. A maximum 176train runs per day is possible with the current 30 trains. This was expected to be reached atthe end of 2009[27], however, with the onset of the global economic crisis[31], train frequencywas reduced instead:

Timetable valid from... Trains per day (both directions, peak)

January 5, 2007 38

March 31, 2007 50

June 1, 2007 62

July 27, 2007 74[32]

September 14, 2007 91[33]

November 9, 2007 113[34]

January 18, 2007 126[35]

July 4, 2008 140[36]

December 1, 2008 142[37]

March 16, 2009 134[31]



Standard car riders on anorthbound train.

Ridership

Original estimates foresaw an initial daily ridership of 180,000,which would grow to 400,000 by 2036.[38] The initial ridershipestimate was later reduced to 140,000 per day.[39] Actual initialridership did not match these projections. In September 2007,six months after opening, THSR carried 1.5 million passengersmonthly,[40] translating to about 50,000 passengers daily.However, operation of high-speed service did not start at fullcapacity, as shown in the previous section.

On June 3, 2007, there were 5 million cumulativepassengers,[41] the 10 millionth passenger boarded onSeptember 26, 2007,[40] the 20 millionth on March 7, 2008,[42] the 30 millionth on July 5,2008,[43] the 40 millionth on October 23, 2008.[37] Monthly figures[44]:

2007 2008 2009

January 1,161,047 1,958,004 2,786,684

February 724,784 2,095,210 2,396,845

March 919,455 2,311,821 2,648,005

April 1,076,413 2,545,527 2,582,952

May 1,155,098 2,603,395 2,752,003

June 1,241,227 2,537,620

July 1,425,755 2,811,997[45]

August 1,373,686 2,973,150[46]

September 1,367,236 2,488,574

October 1,448,553 2,855,980

November 1,659,510 2,741,710

December 2,002,896 2,658,273

Total 15,555,656 30,581,260

Daily ridership was around 92,000 in October 2008, corresponding to a load factor of44.7%[47].

The system marked two highs on April 6, 2008, the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, whenTHSRC transported 132,000 passengers and operated 130 trains.[48] On October 10, 2008,the Double Ten Day holiday, a new record of 161,000 passengers a day was achieved.[49]

In the first year of operation, until December 31, 2007, THSRC's trains were 99.46% on-time,had seat occupancy of 44.72%[50], and carried 15.55 million passengers.[51] In the secondyear, passenger numbers almost doubled to 30.58 million.[52]

The high-speed trains successfully out-competed planes: by August 2008, half of the air



routes between Taipei City and the country's western cities have been discontinued, includingall connections between cities with THSRC stations except for a single daily connectionbetween Taipei and Kaohsiung.[53][54] Total domestic air traffic was expected to be halvedfrom 2006 to 2008[53], and did fall from 8.6 to 4.9 million.[55]

Despite cheaper ticket prices, long-distance bus companies, too, felt the effect of the THSR.Companies reported passenger volumes reduced by 20 to 30 percent.[56] Toll expresswaytraffic, growing uninterrupted until 2006, decreased in 2007 and 2008.[57]

Revenue

The operational break-even level (income less operating costs, excluding financial costs) ofNT$1 billion[58] was reached in the fourth month of operation, April 2007.[59] In the first ninemonths, revenue was NT$9.19 billion, and THSRC expected to become profitable by2009.[60]. The cash-flow break-even level (excluding depreciation and debt service[61]) wasreached in April 2008, when an income of NT$1.9 billion in ticket and NT$0.2 billion in othersales stood against operating costs around NT$0.85-0.9 billion and interest payments aroundNT$1.3 billion per month[62].

In 2008[63] and 2009, THSRC sought to revise its loan structure, with view to interests atrates well above market rates.[64][65]

2007 2008 2009

January NT$599.263 millionNT$1,550.991million[66]

NT$2,230.886million[65]

February NT$669.273 million NT$1,728.569 million NT$1,735.106 million

March NT$867.659 million[66] NT$1,903.876million[66] NT$1,908.816 millon

April NT$1,030.259 million NT$2,100 million NT$1,856.083 million

May NT$1,078.242million[67] NT$1,903.502 million NT$2,040.365 million

June NT$1,135.954 million NT$1,875.924 million

July NT$1,282.161 millionNT$2,038.358million[68]

August NT$1,259.984 million NT$2,168.552 million

September NT$1,268.284 million NT$1,816.059 million

October NT$1,320.430 million NT$2,109.892 million

November NT$1,413.973 million NT$2,028.733 million

December NT$1,578.305 million NT$1,991.578 million

Total NT$13.96924 billion NT$23.047583 billion

In its first year, THSRC made revenues of NT$13.5 billion by selling 15.79 million tickets.[50]



Taiwan High Speed RailLegend

km

0.0 Nangang9.7 Taipei

17.5 Banciao42.2 Taoyuan

72.1 Hsinchu104.8 Miaoli165.7 Taichung193.8 Changhua218.4 Yunlin251.5 Chiayi313.8 Tainan

345.2 Zuoying

Kaohsiung

y , $ y gIn the second year, with increased circulations, revenues increased to NT$23 billion[52], barelyshort of THSRC's expectations a year earlier of a doubling of revenues.

In 2009, it was revealed that THSR has lost NT$67.5 billion since opening, equivalent to twothirds of its equity capital. Work on the extension to Nankang and on new station has halted,and the workforce has been cut from 3600 to 2500.[69]

Stations

Thirteen Taiwan High Speed Rail stations were planned in thewestern corridor, with eight stations already open in Taipei, Banciao,Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Zuoying. Five morestations (in Nangang, Miaoli, Changhua, Yunlin and Kaohsiung) willbe built in future years.

Taipei Main Station: underground, located in downtown TaipeiCity, shares the station with Taiwan Railway AdministrationBanciao Station: underground, located in Banciao, shares thestation with Taiwan Railway AdministrationTaoyuan Station: underground, located in Jhongli, near TaiwanTaoyuan International AirportHsinchu Station: elevated, located in Lioujia, Jhubei, nearHsinchu Science ParkTaichung Station: elevated, located in WurihChiayi Station: elevated, located in TaibaoTainan Station: elevated, located in GueirenZuoying Station: ground level, located in Zuoying District,Kaohsiung City, joint station with Taiwan RailwayAdministration's new Zuoying Station, line terminus untilextension to downtown Kaohsiung Station is built.

Planned

Nangang Station: underground, located in Taipei CityMiaoli Station: elevatedChanghua Station: elevatedYunlin Station: elevatedKaohsiung Station: underground, downtown Kaohsiung City, joint station with TaiwanRailway Administration's new Kaohsiung Station.

Station distance(km)stoppingpattern connection location

Nangang(future) 0.0 Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line

Taipei Rapid Transit System - Bannan Line

TaipeiCity

Nangangdistrict

Taipei 9.7 ● ● ● ● ●

Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line(Taipei Main Station)

Taipei Rapid Transit System - Danshui Line,Bannan Line, Taiwan Taoyuan International

Airport Access MRT System

ZhongzhengDistrict



Banciao 17.5 ● ● ● ● ●Taiwan Railway Administration

Taipei Rapid Transit System - Banciao Line,Circular Line

TaipeiCounty Banciao City

Taoyuan 42.2 ｜｜ ● ● ●

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport AccessMRT System

Taoyuan MRT System - Blue Line (underconstruction)

TaoyuanCounty Jhongli City

Hsinchu 72.1 ｜｜ ● ● ● Taiwan Railway Administration - Lìujiā Line(under construction)

HsinchuCounty Jhubei City

Miaoli(future) 104.8 ｜｜｜｜｜ Taiwan Railway Administration - Taichung Line

(Fongfu)MiaoliCounty

HowlongTown

Taichung 165.7 ● ● ● ● ●

Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line(New Wurih Station)

Taichung Metropolitan Area MRT System -Green Line (planned)

TaichungCounty

WurihTown

Changhua(future) 193.8 ｜｜｜｜ Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line

(New Tianjhong Station)Changhua

CountyTiánjhong

Town

Yunlin(future) 218.4 ｜｜｜｜ Yunlin

CountyHuweiTown

Chiayi 251.5 ｜ ● ｜ ● Chiayi Bus Rapid Transit ChiayiCounty Taibao City

Tainan 313.8 ｜ ● ｜ ● Taiwan Railway Administration - Shālún Line(under construction)

TainanCounty

GueirenTown

Zuoying 345.2 ● ● ● ●Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line

(New Zuoying Station)Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit - Red Line

KaohsiungCity

ZuoyingDistrict

Kaohsiung(future)

Taiwan Railway Administration - Western Line,Pingtung Line

Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit - Red Line,Green Line (Light Rail)

SanminDistrict

In popular culture

The Amazing Race 12

Taiwan High Speed Rail was featured prominently during the 12th season of CBS's realityshow The Amazing Race.

Depiction in train simulators

A Taiwan High Speed Rail simulator, known as Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail, wasdeveloped by Taiwan-based company Actainment and produced by the Japanese publisherOngakukan in 2007. The software was released on the PlayStation 3 system in Asia (HongKong, Taiwan & Singapore) and later in Japan as part of the popular Train Simulator series.

See also

Rail transport in TaiwanHigh-speed rail



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Further reading

Hood, Christopher P. (2006). Shinkansen – From Bullet Train to Symbol of ModernJapan. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-32052-6 (hb) or ISBN 0415444098. (pb)

External links

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation Official Website (http://www.thsrc.com.tw/en/?lc=en)Bureau of High Speed Rail, Ministry of Transportation and Communications(http://www.hsr.gov.tw/homepage.nsf/homepage-eng?OpenFrameset)

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