Now is the best season to discover Kaohsiung by riding the light rail.
Granted, there are only a few stops, but they mark the beginning of a transport revolution. It is from here that the wheels will move the whole city. It is from here that a magnificent proliferation is occurring.
It is an impressive future, and the ambition is readily visible even during the test-drive period. Be it the train stations or the visually spectacular skylines, they point us in the direction of where the future is heading. Perhaps the rails will cross the border to another city; perhaps they form the texture of city life, whose evolution is laid out in observable grid patterns.
Photo: Ko Yo-hao, Taipei Times
照片：記者葛祐豪攝
Thanks to the light rail, Kaohsiung has been enriched and given a touch of sophistication. It is no longer just a hardcore industrial powerhouse or a big port replete with wild sea breezes. Every time a passenger steps off the light rail, it is an exploration through lanes and alleys that could lead to an antique Japanese building, a nostalgic coffee shop or a pristine waterway that flows into a small area of wetland. These places are quietly arrayed in the center of the city. Each encounter is a pleasant surprise. You may have set foot in the same place countless times, but every time is as fresh as the first.
Experience Kaohsiung with a different means of transport.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
這個季節最適合搭輕軌發現高雄。
Photo: Pan Tzu-chiang, Taipei Times
照片：記者潘自強攝
雖然只有幾個站，卻是交通革命的最初。從這兒要輪轉起整座城市，一個壯闊的展延正在開始。
很雄心壯志的未來，其實在試營運就看得出這樣的野心。不論是站體還是視覺豐富的天際線，都顯示以後的腳步方向，也許，會跨越縣市的邊界，也許是城市生命的紋理，觀察到再進化的軸線。
因為輕軌，高雄變得豐富而細緻，不是粗獷的工業重鎮，也不只是海風野味飄散的大港。每一次由輕軌下車的接駁都是街巷探索的進行，一幢日式老宅、一間懷舊咖啡屋，一條清澈小水道流出一片小濕原，靜靜地鋪陳鬧區中，是驚喜的接觸，已經不知第幾回到訪，猶然新鮮。
Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times
照片：記者張忠義攝
換個交通工具來品味高雄！
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