Neiwan Line

Neiwan Station[1], Hsinchu County.

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Neiwan Line monument

The Neiwan Line (Chinese: 內灣線; pinyin: Nèiwān Xiàn) is a railway branch line in Taiwan operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration. It is located in Hsinchu County.

History

The Neiwan Line was completed on 11 September 1951. Although this line is a branch line, its standards are comparable to those of a main line except that it is not electrified. It became a popular tourist site in the early 2000s.

The Neiwan Line closed temporarily between Hsinchu and Zhudong on 28 February 2007. This was to allow construction of the Liujia Line. The line was reopened on 11 November 2011.

Liujia branch

The Liujia Line, which connects TRA Hsinchu Station and THSR Hsinchu Station, branches off from the Neiwan Line at Zhuzhong Station.

Operations

All trains run between Hsinchu and Neiwan. The headway between each number of runs is about one hour. There has been one through-service between Neiwan and Taipei on Saturdays and Sundays since 2004. The Neiwan Line is principally serviced by Local Trains (區間車). Until the renovation of the Neiwan Line which accompanied the construction of the Liujia Line, only diesel-powered trains serviced the Neiwan Line as it was not electrified. Now, diesel-powered trains are only required on the segment between Zhuzhong and Neiwan. On some special occasions diesel-powered versions of the Tzu-Chiang Limited Express (自強號) have been used on the route.

Stations

Station Name			Transfers and Notes	Location
Hanyu	Tongyong	Chinese
Hsinchu		新竹	→ 18x18px Taiwan Trunk Line (N)	East	Hsinchu
North Hsinchu		北新竹	→ 18x18px Taiwan Trunk Line (N)
Shibo		世博
Zhuke	Jhuke	竹科
Zhuzhong	Jhujhong	竹中	→ 18x18px Liujia Line to THSR Hsinchu Station	Zhudong	Hsinchu County
Shangyuan		上員
Ronghua		榮華
Zhudong	Jhudong	竹東
Hengshan		橫山		Hengshan
Jiuzantou	Jiouzantou	九讚頭
Hexing	Hesing	合興
Fugui	Fuguei	富貴
Neiwan		內灣

External links

• Railway Reconstruction Bureau project page for the Liujia branch (in Chinese)