Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/03/17
By: Wang Shu-fen and Ko Lin

Taipei, March 17 (CNA) A new tram-train system that will be constructed to link

(Photo courtesy of Railway Reconstruction Bureau)

Keelung City and Taipei’s Nangang District will likely span 19 kilometers and have nine stations, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Friday.

The system will use the Taiwan Railway Administration’s (TRA) existing tracks and stations, MOTC Railway Reconstruction Bureau Secretary-General Wen Tai-hsin (溫代欣) said during his briefing with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on the proposed tram project.

The project is aimed at extending the Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system to the port city with a tram line, making travel between Taipei and Keelung easier and giving commuters more options.    [FULL  STORY]