Tainan MRT (Construction)
Jhongjhou TRA to Tainan HSR, Salun Line, 2010
Distance: 6.4 km
Stations: 2
Rolling Stock: EMU

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/chung68/TainanMRTmap.jpg

Tainan HSR
http://www.hsr.gov.tw/icons/2sets/images/tainan/tainan_01.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/chung68/tainanmrt-1.jpg

Tainan TRA
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f355/chung68/Tainan_Station.jpg

Addition construction pics: http://my.guestbook.com.tw/b1/viewtopic.php?t=2646&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&mforum=tccan&sid=9a68005bf3896bd60977888e4ca4280a

This is a Metro or a light rail system?

this isn't realli a MRT system
its more of a connecting rail from Tainan Train Station, which is located near city center; to the HSR station which is 20 min drive from the city

The MRT for Tainan was proposed back in the 80s and 90s
construction actually started a decade ago, the digging on the rail+underground shopping mall.

However with serouis corruption and lack of city growth the project has been postoned.. or canceled? The construction site has been partly sealed up and r now being used as parking lots

Being from Tainan I say the city will never need a MRT system like Kaohsiung or Taipei.
Its not a key financial strong hold, and there simply isn't enough popluation..
Tainan is a city past its prime, so i realli dun c the point of wastin all that $, i rather have the municiple government spend the $ else where

Every major city in Taiwan needs a MRT and that includes Tainan.

Poor infrastructure has plagued Taiwan for decades.

lol alrite go ahead and waste those $
cause i can gurantee you that no one will ride them in tainan
before they go ahead w a mtr system, they mite wanna expand their bus service first