The branch line connecting the Taiwan Railway Administration’s (TRA) Lioujia Station and the high-speed rail station in Hsinchu is scheduled to become operational in November, the Railway Reconstruction Bureau said yesterday.
Following the Shalun Branch Line (沙崙線) in Greater Tainan, which opened in January, the Lioujia Line (六家線) will be the second railway line to connect the nation’s two largest railway systems, the bureau said.
According to the bureau, there was no TRA station between Hsinchu and Jhujhong (竹中) on the Neiwan Line (內灣線), another branch line in Hsinchu County. To offer seamless transportation for commuters, the bureau said it decided to build three more stations between Hsinchu and Jhujhong: Beisinjhu (北新竹), Shihbo (世博) and Jhuke (竹科). The three new stations are built on an overpass, which has helped remove eight railway crossings, the bureau added.
Photo: Tseng Hung-ju, Taipei Times
The bureau also extended the service further north from TRA Jhujhong Station to TRA Lioujia Station, which then became the Lioujia Line.
Construction of the Lioujia Line began in 2005 and was scheduled to be completed in December, but the bureau said it estimated the construction work could be finished earlier than scheduled and that the service could begin in November.
The bureau said Lioujia Station and the high-speed rail station in Hsinchu are connected through a passageway. Aside from the shuttle bus service, high-speed rail passengers could connect to the Lioujia Line to head downtown in Hsinchu City or the Hsinchu Science Park, it said.
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