Red line (Kaohsiung Metro)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line Template:Infobox Chinese The Red line is a metro line of Kaohsiung Metro which runs north–south through the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At Template:Convert, it is the fourth-longest metro line in Taiwan, after Taoyuan Airport MRT, Tamsui-Xinyi Line and Zhonghe-Xinlu Line.

There is a plan to extend the line north to Hunei DistrictTemplate:Citation needed. This would add 8 stations to the line, and also a plan to extend the line south to Donggang. This would add 12 stations to the line.

History

In the “1988 Kaohsiung Metropolitan Metro System Feasibility Study”, the Red line was amongst the four lines planned. In January 1991, it was one of the two lines categorised to open as Phase 1 in period 1. Further progress was halted in March 1995 due to skepticism for the need of it within the city council, citing traffic congestion within the city to be not critical. In June 1998, the Executive board revived the plans under the BOT initiative. Together with the approval from relevant city councils, the metro department began conducting feasibility studies of the Red Line in February 1999. Three months later, priority was given to China Steel Corporation and Siemens on construction contracts. The contracts were finalised in January 2000.

On 24 October 2001, ground works were initiated at the Siaogang station site. The first phase from Siaogang station to Sanduo Shopping District station had its machinery and tunneling works completed in November 2006. Test riders were invited for operational trial for this milestone. By February 2008, most of the construction had been completed. At this stage, a soft opening was launched with free rides in the first phase. The entire line from Siaogang to Ciaotou stations opened on 9 March 2008, and was free to commuters until 7 April the same year.Template:Refn

It opened for service on 9 March 2008 and was free for one month until 6 April.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The new EMUs for the six expanded stations will be manufactured by South Korea's Hyundai Rotem and Singapore's ST Engineering.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Stations

Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
	English	Chinese
RK8	Dahu	lang}}	Gangshan-Luzhu		Hunei	Kaohsiung
RK7	Luzhu	lang}}			Luzhu
RK6	Luzhu South	lang}}
RK5	Kao Yuan University	lang}}
RK4	Kaohsiung Science Park	lang}}
RK3	Benjhou Industrial Park	lang}}			Gangshan
RK2	Gangshan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational Senior High School	lang}}
RK1	Gangshan	lang}}	Template:Small	Template:Rint Template:Stl	Gangshan	Kaohsiung
R24	Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital	lang}}	Main
R23	Ciaotou Station	lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Stl	Ciaotou
R22A	Ciaotou Sugar Refinery	lang}}
R22	Cingpu (NKFUST)Template:Anchor[A]	lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
R21	Metropolitan Park	lang}}			Nanzih
R20	Houjing (NKMU) Template:Anchor[B]	lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
R19	Nanzih Technology Industrial Park	lang}}
R18	Oil Refinery Elementary School	lang}}
R17	World Games/ National Sports Complex	lang}}／ {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}
R16	Zuoying/THSR	lang}}／{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Stl Template:Rint Template:Small	Zuoying
R15	Ecological District	lang}}
R14	Kaohsiung Arena (Sanmin Household & Commercial High School)	lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})			Zuoying Gushan
R13	Aozihdi	lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Small
R12	Houyi	lang}}			Sanmin
R11	Kaohsiung Main Station	lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Stl
R10	Formosa Boulevard	lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Small	Sinsing
R9	Central Park	lang}}			Sinsing Lingya
R8	Sanduo Shopping District	lang}}			Lingya Cianjhen
R7	Shihjia (Labor Park)	lang}} {{#invoke:Lang|lang}})			Cianjhen
R6	Kaisyuan	lang}}		Template:Rint Template:Small
R5	Cianjhen Senior High School (Wujia)	lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
R4A	Caoya (KRTC)Template:Anchor[C]	lang}} ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}})
R4	Kaohsiung International Airport	lang}}		Template:Rint KHH	Siaogang
R3	Siaogang	lang}}
R2	China Steel East Portal	lang}}	Template:Small		Siaogang	Kaohsiung
R1	Labor Training Center	lang}}	Template:Small
RH2	Fongbitou	lang}}
RH3	Gangpu Elementary School	lang}}			Linyuan
RH4	Linyuan	lang}}
RH5	Linyuan Industrial Park	lang}}
RH6	Wufang	lang}}			Sinyuan	Pingtung County
RH7	Wulong	lang}}
RH8	Donggang	lang}}			Donggang
RH9	Dapengwan National Scenic District Management Hall	lang}}
RH10	Dapengwan Bay	lang}}

Notes

• ATemplate:Anchor^ The full name is National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology.
• BTemplate:Anchor^ The full name is National Kaohsiung Marine University.
• CTemplate:Anchor^ The full name is Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation.