Overseas Deployment of Systems / High Speed Rail

Taipei Taoyuan Nangang Taiwan High Speed Rail（ THSR） Banqiao Hsinchu The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the first example of the exportation overseas of a Shinkansen system based on the principle of “Crash Avoidance”. After commencing limited operation in January 2007, the THSR Miaoli commenced commercial operation between and Zuoying in March of the same year. With the THSR stretching from Taipei in the North, Taiwan’s political and economic center, along the West Coast where most of the population resides, to Zuoying in the South, Taiwan’s society, economy, and the lifestyle of its people has dramatically changed. When the THSR first opened, transport volume was approximately 15 million people per year. This number has grown annually and in 2017 yearly transport volume exceeded 60 million passengers. In December 2015, Miaoli, Changhua and Changhua Yunlin stations were opened, and in July 2016 was Yunlin opened for commercial operation. The THSR continues to evolve as a means of transportation deeply rooted in the lives of the Taiwanese people. Chiayi

Tainan

Zuoying

■ Distribution of Major Cities on the Line 2,602 2,821 2,766 1,875

Taipei Taichung Statistics Yearbook, Ministry of Interior, ROC（2020） Population unit: 1,000’s people km 0 100 200 300 400

■ Basic Information ■ Passenger Ridership

60,000 Operating segment Nangang－Zuoying 50,000 January 2007 (Banqiao-Zuoying) March 2007 (Taipei-Banqiao) Inauguration December 2015 (Miaoli, Changhua, Yunlin) 40,000 July 2016 (Nangang-Taipei) 30,000 Operating distance 350km Maximum 300km operating speed 20,000 Minimum travel time 1h 45min 10,000 Trains/day 142 trains/day

Number of stations 12 （Thousand）0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20 1３ 2014 2015 2016 2017

※ Train number is calculated based on the annual number of trains. （Year）