# Xiaogang Linyuan Line

The Xiaogang Linyuan Line, also known as the Linyuan Extension Line, is one of the Kaohsiung Metro. The line starts from the Red line (Kaohsiung Metro) Siaogang metro station and ends at the entrance of the Linyuan Industrial Zone Management Office. The total length of the line is 11.59 kilometers (including 0.34 kilometers reserved for the Red Line). The entire line is located in Kaohsiung City. It uses a passenger rail terminology and runs directly through the Red Line main line(the entire line is built using medium-capacity system specifications). There are a total of 7 stations, including 6 underground stations and 1 elevated station (cost approximately 53.711 billion yuan). Start from Xiaogang Station and go south along Provincial Highway 17 (Taiwan) through Linhai Industrial Park, Fengbitou, Linyuan District, Linyuan Industrial Zone, and other places, forming a long-term road network with the planned Daliao Linyuan Line and the southern section of the Nanzi Wujia Line South Ring MRT network. It will transfer to the planned Linyuan Donggang Line in Linyuan Industrial Zone, extending cross-region to Pingtung Donggang, Dapeng Bay, and other places.

## History

On January 25, 1991, the Red Line (Qiaotou Station-Linhai Industrial Zone Station) was approved by the Executive Yuan as a project to be implemented in the first phase of the first phase of the Kaohsiung MRT. In October of the same year, the Preparatory Office of the MRT Bureau commissioned an international rapid transit advisory group composed of American Dili Caesar International, China, Zhongxing, Zhongding, Asia New and other consulting companies to conduct a revised feasibility planning assessment of the Red and Orange Lines, including Feasibility study planning for extending the road network.
In December 1998, the MRT Bureau commissioned a consulting company to carry out the "Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Long-term Road Network Transportation Planning" project, and completed the road network proposal report in April 2001 and submitted it to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan), which was approved in August of the following year. Transfer to the Executive Yuan. In this project, the Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area in Donggang Town, Pingtung County was included in the assessment, and the new park extension line was extended along Provincial Highway 17 to the gate of the Dapeng Bay Scenic Area, called the "Dapeng Bay Extension Line", numbered RH . The entire line is 20.68 kilometers long and has 10 stations (including Xiaogang Station and Linhai Industrial Zone Station). The project assesses that it would not be economically beneficial to use an elevated high-capacity system to connect directly to the Red Line. It is recommended to first increase bus frequency to increase transport capacity, or to build it with bus rapid transit or surface light rail. In addition, the R2, RH1 (Coastal Zhonglin Intersection), and RH2 (Coastal Zhongli Intersection) stations of the Dapeng Bay extension line are the same as the extension line of the reclamation and land reclamation implementation plan separately planned in the project. Therefore, in April 2001, another project "Linyuan" was "Preliminary Feasibility Report on the Extension Line", which shortens the Dapeng Bay extension line to the coastal Zhongli intersection site. The case was approved by the Ministry of Transportation in May.
The Coastal Zhongli intersection station is moved south to Lion Park in Fengbitou. One station is added in Linyuan Industrial Zone and Linhai Yanlong intersection station. It will be moved north to the Xueren Street intersection, and a coastal Guangfu intersection station will be added; and an interchange station with the newly planned Daliao extension line will be set up at Provincial Highway 25. The entire line is 23.1 kilometers long and has 12 stations (including Xiaogang Station). The section in Xiaogang District is set up in a dedicated slow train lane, and the remaining sections are set up in the middle of the road.

### Xiaogang Linyuan Line Period

Considering that it is necessary to build a bridge across Gaoping River and Donggang River (Taiwan) from the south of Linyuan Industrial Zone to Dapeng Bay, which will greatly increase the cost, and the estimated transportation volume of this section only accounts for 20% of the entire line; therefore, this project ranks it as the first Phase II, and also evaluate the 12.2-kilometer section of Phase I. The self-reimbursement rate in the first stage is negative, but with the Linyuan Machinery Factory jointly opening a shopping mall, the self-reimbursement rate can be mentioned as positive; however, taking the cost of land development into consideration, the Build–operate–transfer is still not feasible; and debt repayment is divided into years. The ratio is too low, even if Outsourcing is used, it is still not feasible. However, since the first phase line assessment still has economic benefits, and from the perspective of social welfare, the project still recommends that the government can build and operate the first phase line on its own.
Under local requirements, the starting point is changed to Kaohsiung International Airport metro station, and goes east along Hongping Road to the new urban area on the east side of Xiaogang, then along Gaosong Road, Yingkou Road, Boxue Road, passing National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism and Tourism, and picks up from Lichang Street Returning to the coastal road, the southern section of Xiaogang is also diverted to Zhonglin Road into the urban area of Dalinpu, and then back to Fengbitou from Nanxing Road to serve the newly planned yacht industry park. The entire line is 18.7 kilometers long and has a total of 18 stations (including Kaohsiung International Airport Station). Except for Lichang Street, which is elevated, it is all in the form of flat light rail.
In December 2016, the MRT Bureau signed a contract with a consulting company to conduct the "Kaohsiung MRT Xiaogang Fengbitou Linyuan Line Line Planning Assessment" project, and the Xiaogang Linyuan Line number was changed to RL. This project evaluates three candidate routes, namely the "China Steel Branch Line", the "Gaocheng Line" and the "Coastal Line". Among them, the "China Steel Branch Line" is shown on the left, and the Gaotie Line is the "Overall Road Network Plan" The Xiaogang Linyuan Line in the project, and the "coastal line" is an alternative to the original Xiaogang Linyuan Line. Compared with the elevated MRT extension planned 20 years ago, because the newly planned National Highway No. 7 is elevated on Haihai Road, Xiaogang District was replaced with 5 underground stations. After entering the Linyuan District, it was changed to 4 elevated stations. The construction cost is approximately 45.5 billion yuan.

### MRT red line extension period

On November 16, 2018, the MRT Bureau officially submitted the case to the Ministry of Transportation and adopted the high-volume extension case. It stated that the forest park has long carried pollution from economic development and contributed to economic development. It hopes that the central government will pass it as a special project instead of traditional From the perspective of considering the self-reimbursement rate and transportation volume, the high transportation volume case was not adopted. At that time, the Ministry of Transportation waited for the new mayor to take office and confirm the new city government’s intention before making a ruling.
On May 14, the Deputy Director of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport stated that the Pingtung County Government’s version will be adopted. The Xiaogang-Donggang Line is expected to be a 22-kilometer elevated light rail with a cost of 32.9 billion yuan, and will conduct a new feasibility study and planning (Pingtung County Government previously only The overall road network planning has not yet entered into the feasibility study). In September, the New Gao City Government and the Pingxian County Government reached a new consensus that the Xiaogang-Donggang Line will adopt an elevated medium-capacity system; however, it was criticized by the city councilor of Linyuan District for not being able to reach Linyuan in one car.
On December 10, a revised feasibility study report was sent to the Ministry of Transport for review. In this report, the two previous stations Shanglin Street Entrance and Zhongli Street Entrance were canceled. However, the Pingtung County Magistrate objected, saying that he could not afford the funds for the high-traffic Pingtung section of the underground. On December 18, the Ministry of Transportation invited the Gaoping County and Municipal Government to hold a coordination meeting on the system form of the MRT extension to Donggang. The meeting concluded that the Linyuan Donggang section should be one car to the end of the Kaohsiung end, but can be elevated, while the Xiaogang Linyuan section should remain the same. Underground form.
On January 8, 2022, the petrochemical industry was worried that the RL7 station site was too close to the factory and hoped that the station would be undergrounded; residents were opposed. The city government stated that it will maintain the elevated level due to cost considerations, and the plan has coordinated with China Petroleum Corporation to move 300 meters westward. On April 27, the Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) of the Executive Yuan held a preliminary review meeting of the task force for the "Environmental Impact Statement of the Xiaogang Linyuan Line of the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Mass Rapid Transit System" and decided to reexamine the case after supplementary amendments.

## Project progress

Updated by the Public Construction Commission of the Executive Yuan to the end of November 2024: [1] The date when construction has not yet been completed is indicated by the performance date in the tender announcement
| Project name | Project name | Construction (performance) period | Progress last month | Progress this month | Execution situation | Winning bidder |
| Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Xiaogang Linyuan Line | RLC01(RL1-RL3)Standard civil engineering and facilities electromechanical turnkey project | November 11, 2024 ~ October 23, 2033 | | 1.67% | | Wing Gong Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Xiaogang Linyuan Line | RLM01 standard electromechanical system turnkey project (including energy dispatch center) turnkey project | September 1, 2023 ~ February 9, 2033 | 1.27% | 1.35% | In the detailed design stage of the manufacturer, submit relevant plans and initial design documents to the agency for review | Singapore Business Singapore Technology Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Xiaogang Linyuan Line | RLT01 standard track turnkey project | February 20, 2023 ~ February 20, 2033 (Contract fulfillment) | | | The bid has been awarded | Zhanqun Construction Co., Ltd. |
| Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Mass Rapid Transit System Xiaogang Linyuan Line | RLD01 Phase 2 (RL4~RL7) Entrusted technical services for bid civil engineering and facility electromechanical detail design | March 15, 2024 ~ March 15, 2026 (contract fulfillment) | | | The bid has been awarded | Lam Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. |

## Station

The following station names are tentatively determined after the "Comprehensive Plan for Kaohsiung MRT Xiaogang-Linyuan Line Construction Design" is passed.
| serial number | Station name | Station name | will let the line | Standtype | location | location |
| serial number | Chinese | English | will let the line | | location | location |
| Xiaogang Linyuan Line Except for the transfer station whose name has been determined, the other Chinese and English station names are tentative. |||||||
| RL1 | 中鋼東門 | China Steel East Portal | | underground | kaohsiung city | Siaogang District |
| RL2 | 臨海工業區 | Linhai Industrial Park | | underground | kaohsiung city | Siaogang District |
| RL3 | 鳳鼻頭 | Fongbitou | | underground | kaohsiung city | Siaogang District |
| RL4 | 中坑門 | Jhongkengmen | | underground | kaohsiung city | Linyuan District |
| RL5 | 港子埔 | Gangzihpu | | underground | kaohsiung city | Linyuan District |
| RL6 | 林園 | Linyuan | | underground | kaohsiung city | Linyuan District |
| RL7 | 林園工業區 | Linyuan Industrial Park | | Elevated | kaohsiung city | Linyuan District |