The Eastern Trunk line (Chinese: 東部幹線; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-pō͘-kàn-soàⁿ) is a railway line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running along Taiwan's sparsely populated eastern corridor.

The Eastern Trunk line is a combination of line sections:[1]

Name Chinese Taiwanese Hakka Length Terminus
Yilan line[2] 宜蘭線 Gî-lân Soàⁿ Ngì-làn Sien 93.6 km (58.2 mi) from Badu to Su'ao (via Su'aoxin)
North-link line[3] 北迴線 Pak-hôe Soàⁿ Pet-fûi Sien 79.2 km (49.2 mi) from Su'aoxin to Hualien
Hualien–Taitung line[4] 臺東線 Tâi-tang Soàⁿ Thòi-tûng Sien 150.9 km (93.8 mi) from Hualien to Taitung

The length of the combined line is 323.7 km (201.1 mi).

Notes

  1. ^ excluding Su'ao
  2. ^ excluding Su'ao branch, which is 3.4 km in length

References

  1. ^ "交通部臺灣鐵路管理局". Taiwan Railway. Taiwan Railway Administration. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021.
  2. ^ "東部幹線/宜蘭線" (PDF). Taiwan Railways Administration. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "東部幹線/北迴線" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "東部幹線/台東線" (PDF). Taiwan Railway Administration. 25 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.


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