GREEN MOUNTAIN LINE: The tram is to follow the traffic rules while traveling on ground level alongside other vehicles, such as stopping at red lights
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 24, 2018
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
The first phase of the Danhai Light Rail Transit system in New Taipei City’s Tamsui
A tram is pictured in one of the stations along the Danhai Light Rail Transit system in New Taipei City on Thursday last week.
Photo: CNA, courtesy of the New Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems
District (淡水) opened yesterday, with people being offered free rides for a month starting today.
A ceremony was held at the Tamsui District Office, with New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) taking guests on an inaugural ride.
The 7.3km-long tram line, called the Green Mountain Line, connects the Hongshulin MRT Station and Kanding Station to the north, and has a total of 11 stations. It is the first light-rail system in northern Taiwan.
It is part of what is to become a four-section rail network comprised of the Blue Seaside Line currently being built, as well as the Bali and Sanzhi lines, which are still in the planning stages. [FULL STORY]
