Eastern Trunk line

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.

Eastern Trunk line
Overview
Native name	東部幹線
Type	Conventional railway
Termini	Badu Taitung
Stations	64[lower-alpha 1]
Operation
Operator(s)	Taiwan Railways Administration
Technical
Line length	320.3 km (199.0 mi)[lower-alpha 2]
Number of tracks	Varies
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification	25 kV/60 Hz catenary
Operating speed	Varies
Route map km Station ( Western Trunk line) 0.0 Badu 1.6 Nuannuan 3.9 Sijiaoting 8.9 Ruifang 13.5 Houtong 16.0 Sandiaoling 19.6 Mudan 22.9 Shuangxi 28.3 Gongliao 32.0 Fulong 37.4 Shicheng 40.1 Dali 44.8 Daxi 49.4 Guishan 53.0 Wai'ao 56.6 Toucheng 58.8 Dingpu 62.9 Jiaoxi 67.6 Sicheng 71.3 Yilan 77.1 Erjie 78.3 Zhongli 80.1 Luodong 85.1 Dongshan 89.3 Xinma (0.0) 90.2 Su'aoxin (3.4) Su'ao 95.4 Yongle 101.2 Dong'ao 109.2 Nan'ao 112.9 Wuta 125.8 Hanben 130.0 Heping 137.7 Heren 147.8 Chongde 153.1 Xincheng 158.4 Jingmei 164.9 Beipu 169.4 Hualien 172.8 Ji'an 181.8 Zhixue 184.7 Pinghe 186.6 Shoufeng 189.3 Fengtian 195.5 Linrong Shin Kong 197.7 Nanping 201.9 Fenglin 206.7 Wanrong 212.3 Guangfu 220.0 Dafu 223.0 Fuyuan 232.2 Ruisui 241.5 Sanmin 252.5 Yuli 259.2 Dongli 265.1 Dongzhu 271.3 Fuli 278.2 Chishang 283.8 Haiduan 290.3 Guanshan 297.7 Ruihe 300.5 Ruiyuan 306.0 Luye 312.2 Shanli 320.3 Taitung ( South-link line)

The concept "Eastern Line" is a combination of line sections:

Name	Chinese	Taiwanese	Hakka	Length	Terminus
Yilan line	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	北迴線	Pak-hôe Soàⁿ	Pet-fûi Sien	79.2 km (49.2 mi)	from Su'aoxin to Hualien
Hualien–Taitung line	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

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