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The TRA West Coast Main Line () is a railway line of the Taiwan Railway Administration running along Taiwan's densely populated western corridor. As a result of this, it remains the busiest rail line in Taiwan. In 2009, the line served over 164.3 million passengers, averaging 450,244 passengers per day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Volume of Passenger Traffic by Line )〕 The concept "Western Line" is actually a combination of line sections as the following: * Taiwan Trunk Line (): * * northern section: From Keelung Station to Zhunan Station * * (, ): From Zhunan Station to Changhua Station, through Taichung Harbor and the seaside areas of Miaoli County and Taichung City. * * (, ): From Zhunan Station to Changhua Station, through the inland areas of Miaoli County and Taichung City. * * Chengzhui Line (): A small section of railway connection Chenggong Station on the Mountain Line, and the Zhuifen Station on the Coastal Line. * * southern Section: From Changhua Station to Kaohsiung Station * Pingtung Line (): From Kaohsiung Station to Fangliao Station The total length of the combined line of Taiwan Trunk Line is 408.5 km, of which 361.6 km is double track.〔(Taiwan Railways Administration )〕 ==History== The original railroad between Keelung and Dadaocheng was completed in 1891. The section between Dadaocheng and Hsinchu was finished in 1893. However, these sections were all rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century. The Western Line was completed in 1908. The Coastal Line, which was finished in 1922, was used to relieve congestion near Taichung. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TRA Western Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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