Xiaogang Linyuan Line

Kaohsiung MRT Xiaogang Linyuan Line

Overview
Status| Under construction
Locale|  kaohsiung city
Stations| 7
Service
Type| Passenger rail terminologyUrban rail transit
History
Opened| Expected to be 2031
Technical
Line length| 11.59 kilometers
Character| Underground, elevated
Track gauge| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Xiaogang Linyuan Line, also known as the Linyuan Extension Line, is one of the Kaohsiung Metro. The line starts from the Red line (Kaohsiung Metro) Siaogang metro station and ends at the entrance of the Linyuan Industrial Zone Management Office. The total length of the line is 11.59 kilometers (including 0.34 kilometers reserved for the Red Line). The entire line is located in Kaohsiung City. It uses a passenger rail terminology and runs directly through the Red Line main line [1](the entire line is built using medium-capacity system specifications). There are a total of 7 stations, including 6 underground stations and 1 elevated station (cost approximately 53.711 billion yuan). Start from Xiaogang Station and go south along Provincial Highway 17 (Taiwan) through Linhai Industrial Park, Fengbitou, Linyuan District, Linyuan Industrial Zone, and other places, forming a long-term road network with the planned Daliao Linyuan Line and the southern section of the Nanzi Wujia Line South Ring MRT network. It will transfer to the planned Linyuan Donggang Line in Linyuan Industrial Zone, extending cross-region to Pingtung Donggang, Dapeng Bay, and other places[2].

## History

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On January 25, 1991, the Red Line (Qiaotou Station-Linhai Industrial Zone Station) was approved by the Executive Yuan as a project to be implemented in the first phase of the first phase of the Kaohsiung MRT. In October of the same year, the Preparatory Office of the MRT Bureau commissioned an international rapid transit advisory group composed of American Dili Caesar International, China, Zhongxing, Zhongding, Asia New and other consulting companies to conduct a revised feasibility planning assessment of the Red and Orange Lines, including Feasibility study planning for extending the road network.

In December 1998, the MRT Bureau commissioned a consulting company to carry out the "Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Long-term Road Network Transportation Planning" project, and completed the road network proposal report in April 2001 and submitted it to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan), which was approved in August of the following year. Transfer to the Executive Yuan. In this project, the Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area in Donggang Town, Pingtung County was included in the assessment, and the new park extension line was extended along Provincial Highway 17 to the gate of the Dapeng Bay Scenic Area, called the "Dapeng Bay Extension Line", numbered RH . The entire line is 20.68 kilometers long and has 10 stations (including Xiaogang Station and Linhai Industrial Zone Station). The project assesses that it would not be economically beneficial to use an elevated high-capacity system to connect directly to the Red Line. It is recommended to first increase bus frequency to increase transport capacity, or to build it with bus rapid transit or surface light rail. In addition, the R2, RH1 (Coastal Zhonglin Intersection), and RH2 (Coastal Zhongli Intersection) stations of the Dapeng Bay extension line are the same as the extension line of the reclamation and land reclamation implementation plan separately planned in the project. Therefore, in April 2001, another project "Linyuan" was "Preliminary Feasibility Report on the Extension Line", which shortens the Dapeng Bay extension line to the coastal Zhongli intersection site. The case was approved by the Ministry of Transportation in May.

The 2005 version of the Linyuan extension line

The Coastal Zhongli intersection station is moved south to Lion Park in Fengbitou. One station is added in Linyuan Industrial Zone and Linhai Yanlong intersection station. It will be moved north to the Xueren Street intersection, and a coastal Guangfu intersection station will be added; and an interchange station with the newly planned Daliao extension line will be set up at Provincial Highway 25. The entire line is 23.1 kilometers long and has 12 stations (including Xiaogang Station). The section in Xiaogang District is set up in a dedicated slow train lane, and the remaining sections are set up in the middle of the road.

### Xiaogang Linyuan Line Period

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Considering that it is necessary to build a bridge across Gaoping River and Donggang River (Taiwan) from the south of Linyuan Industrial Zone to Dapeng Bay, which will greatly increase the cost, and the estimated transportation volume of this section only accounts for 20% of the entire line; therefore, this project ranks it as the first Phase II, and also evaluate the 12.2-kilometer section of Phase I. The self-reimbursement rate in the first stage is negative, but with the Linyuan Machinery Factory jointly opening a shopping mall, the self-reimbursement rate can be mentioned as positive; however, taking the cost of land development into consideration, the Build–operate–transfer is still not feasible; and debt repayment is divided into years. The ratio is too low, even if Outsourcing is used, it is still not feasible. However, since the first phase line assessment still has economic benefits, and from the perspective of social welfare, the project still recommends that the government can build and operate the first phase line on its own.

改名小港林園線後的版本

Under local requirements, the starting point is changed to Kaohsiung International Airport metro station, and goes east along Hongping Road to the new urban area on the east side of Xiaogang, then along Gaosong Road, Yingkou Road, Boxue Road, passing National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism and Tourism, and picks up from Lichang Street Returning to the coastal road, the southern section of Xiaogang is also diverted to Zhonglin Road into the urban area of ​​Dalinpu, and then back to Fengbitou from Nanxing Road to serve the newly planned yacht industry park. The entire line is 18.7 kilometers long and has a total of 18 stations (including Kaohsiung International Airport Station). Except for Lichang Street, which is elevated, it is all in the form of flat light rail.

路線規劃評估案中的替選方案「中鋼支線」

In December 2016, the MRT Bureau signed a contract with a consulting company to conduct the "Kaohsiung MRT Xiaogang Fengbitou Linyuan Line Line Planning Assessment" project, and the Xiaogang Linyuan Line number was changed to RL. This project evaluates three candidate routes, namely the "China Steel Branch Line", the "Gaocheng Line" and the "Coastal Line". Among them, the "China Steel Branch Line" is shown on the left, and the Gaotie Line is the "Overall Road Network Plan" The Xiaogang Linyuan Line in the project, and the "coastal line" is an alternative to the original Xiaogang Linyuan Line. Compared with the elevated MRT extension planned 20 years ago,[3] because the newly planned National Highway No. 7 is elevated on Haihai Road, Xiaogang District was replaced with 5 underground stations. After entering the Linyuan District, it was changed to 4 elevated stations. The construction cost is approximately 45.5 billion yuan.

### MRT red line extension period

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2018年版本的高雄捷運小港林園線

On November 16, 2018, the MRT Bureau officially submitted the case to the Ministry of Transportation and adopted the high-volume extension case. It stated that the forest park has long carried pollution from economic development and contributed to economic development. It hopes that the central government will pass it as a special project instead of traditional From the perspective of considering the self-reimbursement rate and transportation volume, the high transportation volume case was not adopted[4]. At that time, the Ministry of Transportation waited for the new mayor to take office and confirm the new city government’s intention before making a ruling.

On May 14, the Deputy Director of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport stated that the Pingtung County Government’s version will be adopted. The Xiaogang-Donggang Line is expected to be a 22-kilometer elevated light rail with a cost of 32.9 billion yuan, and will conduct a new feasibility study and planning (Pingtung County Government previously only The overall road network planning has not yet entered into the feasibility study)[5]. In September, the New Gao City Government and the Pingxian County Government reached a new consensus that the Xiaogang-Donggang Line will adopt an elevated medium-capacity system; however, it was criticized by the city councilor of Linyuan District for not being able to reach Linyuan in one car[6][7].

2021年版本的高雄捷運小港林園線

On December 10, a revised feasibility study report was sent to the Ministry of Transport for review. In this report, the two previous stations Shanglin Street Entrance and Zhongli Street Entrance were canceled[8]. However, the Pingtung County Magistrate objected, saying that he could not afford the funds for the high-traffic Pingtung section of the underground[9]. On December 18, the Ministry of Transportation invited the Gaoping County and Municipal Government to hold a coordination meeting on the system form of the MRT extension to Donggang. The meeting concluded that the Linyuan Donggang section should be one car to the end of the Kaohsiung end, but can be elevated, while the Xiaogang Linyuan section should remain the same. Underground form[10][8].

On January 8, 2022, the petrochemical industry was worried that the RL7 station site was too close to the factory and hoped that the station would be undergrounded; residents were opposed. The city government stated that it will maintain the elevated level due to cost considerations, and the plan has coordinated with China Petroleum Corporation to move 300 meters westward. On April 27, the Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) of the Executive Yuan held a preliminary review meeting of the task force for the "Environmental Impact Statement of the Xiaogang Linyuan Line of the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Mass Rapid Transit System" and decided to reexamine the case after supplementary amendments[11].

## Project progress

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Updated by the Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan to the end of November 2024: [1] The date when construction has not yet been completed is indicated by the performance date in the tender announcement

Project name  | Construction (performance) period  | Progress last month  | Progress this month  | Execution situation  | Winning bidder

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Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Xiaogang Linyuan Line  | RLC01（RL1-RL3)Standard civil engineering and facilities electromechanical turnkey project  | November 11, 2024 ~ October 23, 2033  |  | 1.67%  |  | Wing Gong Engineering Co., Ltd.[12]
RLM01 standard electromechanical system turnkey project (including energy dispatch center) turnkey project  | September 1, 2023 ~ February 9, 2033  | 1.27%  | 1.35%  | In the detailed design stage of the manufacturer, submit relevant plans and initial design documents to the agency for review  | Singapore Business Singapore Technology Electronics Co., Ltd.
RLT01 standard track turnkey project  | February 20, 2023 ~ February 20, 2033 (Contract fulfillment)  |  |  | The bid has been awarded  | Zhanqun Construction Co., Ltd.
RLD01 Phase 2 (RL4~RL7) Entrusted technical services for bid civil engineering and facility electromechanical detail design  | March 15, 2024 ~ March 15, 2026 (contract fulfillment)  |  |  | The bid has been awarded  | Lam Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.

## Station

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The following station names are tentatively determined after the "Comprehensive Plan for Kaohsiung MRT Xiaogang-Linyuan Line Construction Design" is passed.

serial number  | Station name  | will let the line  | Standtype  | location

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Chinese  | English
Xiaogang Linyuan Line
Except for the transfer station whose name has been determined, the other Chinese and English station names are tentative.
RL1 | 中鋼東門 | China Steel East Portal |  | underground  | kaohsiung city | Siaogang District
RL2 | 臨海工業區 | Linhai Industrial Park |
RL3 | 鳳鼻頭 | Fongbitou |
RL4 | 中坑門 | Jhongkengmen |  | Linyuan District
RL5 | 港子埔 | Gangzihpu |
RL6 | 林園 | Linyuan |
RL7 | 林園工業區 | Linyuan Industrial Park |  | Elevated

## References

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2. ^ "高雄捷運延伸林園規劃案 預留連結屏東大鵬灣" [Kaohsiung MRT Extension Forest Park Planning Project Reserved to Connect to Pingtung Dapeng Bay]. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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4. ^ 中央通訊社 (2018-11-16). "高捷小港林園線規劃評估案 高市府報交通部 | 生活" [Gaojie Xiaogang Linyuan Line Planning Assessment Case Gao City Government reported to the Ministry of Transportation]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
5. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2020-05-14). "高雄捷運延伸屏東系統鬧雙包 鐵道局：採高架輕軌 - 高雄市 - 自由時報電子報" [Kaohsiung MRT extension to Pingtung system is in trouble. Railway Bureau: adopt elevated light rail]. 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
6. ^ 中央通訊社 (2020-09-14). "高捷小港林園線延伸屏東 研擬採高架興建 | 生活" [Gaojie Xiaogang Linyuan Line is extended to Pingtung and is planned to be constructed on elevated roads]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
7. ^ 中時新聞網 (2020-10-21). "不能一車到底 高雄捷運延伸林園挨罵太白痴 - 政治" [Kaohsiung MRT Extension Forest Garden is scolded for being too idiotic for not being able to ride to the end in one car]. 中時新聞網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
8. ^ a b "公聽會與說明會 - 高雄市政府捷運工程局" [Public hearings and briefings - Kaohsiung City Government Rapid Transit Engineering Bureau]. web.archive.org. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
9. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2020-12-03). "高雄捷運延伸林園改地下 潘孟安：茲事體大恐難負擔 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報" [Kaohsiung MRT extension will be converted into underground parkland. Pan Meng'an: It may be difficult to afford the current disaster - Life - Liberty Times e-newsletter]. 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
10. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2020-12-17). "陳其邁、潘孟安對捷運延伸有歧見 交通部明天協調 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報" [Chen Qimai and Pan Meng'an have different opinions on MRT extension. The Ministry of Transport will coordinate tomorrow]. 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
11. ^ 中央通訊社 (2022-04-27). "RL7站高架化疑慮 高捷林園小港線環評案再審 | 生活" [Concerns about elevated RL7 station Gaojie Linyuan Xiaogang Line environmental impact assessment case re-examination | Life]. 中央社 CNA (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
12. ^ "決標查詢－112F0706A 高雄都會區大眾捷運系統小港林園線RLC01標土建及設施機電統包工程". 2023-11-02.

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