TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL

Taiwan High Speed Rail

Taiwan High Speed Rail

Introduction

Taiwan High Speed ??Rail Transit is located in Taiwan's population the most dense of the Western Corridor of the high-speed railway system, the route length of 345 km . In 2007, January 5 after the opening of western Taiwan has become one of the important long-distance carriers, also of Taiwan rail industry indicators. Current daily flights from north to south from the peak point as the dependent 123,125,135,140 or 146 flights each day about 10 million passenger trips, and the cumulative capacity has exceeded 1 million passengers; into the operation of maturity, Daily passenger traffic is estimated that up to 32.3 million.

Discussion

Taiwan High Speed ??Rail is the first in Taiwan is the world's largest, to take the civil construction, operation, and after the expiration of the license transfer of business to the government's BOT case. Taiwan High Speed ??Rail's operation, greatly reducing the time for Taiwan or vice versa, had to make the entire western air and rail and road passenger transport is mired in losses.

Responding to recent public opinion because of the high volume demand for iron is facing financial difficulties less than forecast, government intervention to resolve whether the proposed number of questions and controversy. View of the high-speed rail project along the way more than ten years, rough and rugged, full access to the normal operation of the present. Although stage, but the financial crisis is an indisputable fact; in order to avoid expansion of high-speed rail crisis, government must come up with at least 400 billion or more , and the Taiwan High Speed ??Rail Corporation to terminate the contract, recovery of land and forced to buy, bear all risks from the national situation, and the loss of social and economic benefits to high-speed rail construction project to promote the process of participation and understanding of part of the assessment made ??comments and suggestions, teach in public advanced (Culpan2009).

Background

Ministry of Transportation completed based on 79 years since the high-speed railway construction project, "Taiwan High Speed ??Rail feasibility study on the Western Corridor", the construction of the necessity and importance of high-iron containing a total of four areas: Of the 70's a serious shortage of investment in transport infrastructure during the period, resulting in urban and intercity traffic is very congested phenomenon. Estimates of the Chung Shan expand, the second West Coast Highway and the highway are completed, the next inter-city transport is still in short supply, required to be prepared. The assessment of high-speed rail, aviation, improving rail and highway to build a third alternative, due to the high iron large volume, speed, punctuality and high land provinces, air pollution is low, energy efficiency, ride comfort, high security, the development of public transport policy can be implemented to mitigate the usage of cars, etc., with a market competitive advantage and meet the transport policy is to better the future of direct transport. The construction of the necessity and importance of high-iron also contains high-speed rail with high economic ...