South Loop

South Loop

Nanhui railway, also known as Nanhui railway, is located in Taitung County and Pingtung County of Taiwan, China. It is a traditional railway trunk line operated by Taiwan Railway Administration. It starts from Fangliao in the West and ends in Taitung in the East. The route is mostly mountainous and sparsely populated.

summary

During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, there was a plan to build a cross section railway between Pingtung and Taitung, but it was not put into practice because of difficulties in construction. In 1947, 1958, 1963, 1968 and 1976 after the war, the survey and paper route selection were carried out. There were ten plans for the starting and ending locations. Finally, Fangshan line, which was easy to construct, short in construction period and less in funds, was chosen as the route of the South Loop. In 1977, it was listed in the 12th National Congress of construction and planned.

In 1980, the "Nanhui Railway Engineering Office" was set up and started construction with manual work. In 1984, it was incorporated into the "14 important construction plans" with "continue to complete the Nanhui railway plan". The section from Beinan (Taitung) to Zhiben was opened to traffic in July 1985, the section from Zhiben to Taimali was opened to traffic in December 1987, and the whole line was completed and opened to traffic in December 1991. The southern Hui railway project is more difficult than the northern Hui railway. It passes through Fangliao station in the west, Guzhuang, Dawu, Longxi, Jinlun, Taimali, Zhiben and other places. On the way, it passes through chaliufan mountain and Bayan mountain, and the terminal station is Taidong (Beinan) station. A total of 158 large and small bridges and 35 tunnels have been built along the whole line, with a total length of 38202 meters. The longest central tunnel is 8070 meters long, ranking the longest railway tunnel in Taiwan for more than 10 years. It was not until 2003 when the new Guanyin tunnel (10307 meters long) on the northern loop line was opened that it became the second longest.

history

On July 15, 1985, Beinan station (today's Taidong station) - Zhiben section was opened to traffic. At the initial stage, dr2400 diesel passenger cars were used

On May 28, 2020, the new Duoliang No.1 Tunnel will replace three old tunnels, namely, Longxi tunnel, Dazhu No.4 tunnel and Duoliang No.1 Tunnel.

Route information

Jurisdiction: Taiwan Railway Administration

Route distance: (Fangliao = Taitung) 98.2km

Gauge: 1067mm

Number of stations: 14 (including starting and ending stations and 2 signal stations)

Completion time: October 1991

Time of opening to traffic: December 16, 1991. The trial train will be operated for 9 days, and then the external operation will be suspended.)

Operation date: January 12, 1992

Double track interval: central signal = Guzhuang (16.9 km)

Electrification Section: Taitung = Zhiben (11.6km) (the rest of the section is still under construction, please refer to the electrification of Nanhui railway for details.)

The last route in Taiwan's railway network around the island

The highest point of the route: 175 meters above sea level, in the central tunnel

Number of tunnels: 36

Jialu = neishijian: Jiahe Chati (false tunnel)

NEISHI = fangshanjian: NEISHI, Fangdian 1-2

Fangshan = fangyejian: Fangshan No.1-5, fangye No.1

Fangye = central signal room: fangye No.2, fangye No.3

Central signal = between Guzhuang: Central (the second longest tunnel of Taiwan Railway, second only to the new Guanyin tunnel of north loop), Pu'an, anshuo, Guzhuang No.1-3

Guzhuang = Dawujian: Guzhuang 4-7, dawu1

Dawu = between Longxi: Dawu No.2, dawao, jiajinlin, Fushan, Dazhu No.1

Longxi = jinlunjian: Dazhu No.2-3, xinduoliang No.1 (newly built and rerouted Nanhui railway electrification to replace the three tunnels of Longxi, Dazhu No.4 and Duoliang No.1), Duoliang No.2 and Duoliang No.1

Jinlun = taimalijian: Jinlun, Xianglan

Taimali = zhibenjian: Xinji

Number of level crossings: 12

Operation type

Taiwan Railway Diesel Locomotive

The number of times 302, 306, 372, 308, 318, 374, 324 and 326 are daily trips, while the number of times 328 and 332 are Friday and Sunday trips

333, 301, 303, 371, 307, 311, 317 and 323 retrograde trips were daily trips, while 373 and 327 retrograde trips were Friday and Sunday trips

Except for 302, 372, 318, 374 and 326 departures from Taitung, it starts at Hualien and ends at xinzuoying, 372 ends at Changhua, 374 ends at Taichung and 324 ends at Tainan.

Except 301 from Tainan, 371 from Taichung, 373 from Changhua, it starts at xinzuoying and ends at Hualien, while 333, 371, 311, 373 and 327 stops at Taitung

PP Ziqiang

Travel 418 times (every Friday to Sunday) from the forest to Zhiben

Retrograde 427 times (every Friday and Saturday) from Zhiben to Shulin, 473 times (every Sunday) from Zhiben to Changhua.

Taroko Express

Travel 402 times and 426 times from the forest to Zhiben

Retrograde 417 times, 441 times from Zhiben to the woods

From March 24, 2015, the original 417 and 441 puyouma ships from Taitung were changed to Zhiben. 402 and 426 times from Taitung to Zhiben. On October 15, 2015, in response to the large-scale change of Taiwan Railway, the fourth Banpu Youma was changed to Taroko.

Chukuang

The following routes, 702, 704, 754, 706 (driving every Sunday), 758 (driving every Friday and day), 708 (stopping driving every Friday and day), 710 (driving every Friday) and 712 (driving every Sunday), all start from Taitung. Except 754 and 758, they end at Changhua, the rest end at xinzuoying.

Retrograde 701 (stop driving every Saturday), 711 (drive every Saturday), 707, 709 (drive every Sunday), 713 (stop driving every Sunday), 715 (drive every Sunday) starts from xinzuoying, 751 starts from Changhua, and ends in Taitung.

Except for 704, 708, 710, 712, 709, 713, 707 in Chaozhou, 758 in xinzuoying, the rest are in Fangliao

shuttle bus

The original 3501 and 3514 inter district buses between Kaohsiung and Taitung were shortened to Chaozhou and Taitung on October 15, 2015, and then to Fangliao and Taitung on December 20, 2019. And Fuxing car is used as an area bus.

General express

Fangliao Taidong has driven 3671 and 3672 times. It is a R100 diesel locomotive driving three blue PI Pu express cars. It is the last blue PI Pu express car in Taiwan. The 352 and 353 ordinary express trains between Taitung and Fangliao have stopped running since September 28, 2011.

Address: from Fangliao station of Pingdong line in Pingdong County in the west to Taidong new station in the East

Longitude: 120.80351257324

Latitude: 22.525779724121

Ticket information: inquiry.

Chinese PinYin : Nan Hui Xian