Pingtung line

{{Expand Chinese|topic=transp|date=June 2015}}

{{Primary sources|date=September 2010}}

{{short description|One of the two partially double-track railway in Taiwan along with South-link line.}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox rail line

|name = Pingtung Line

|color = 601986

|native_name = 屏東線

|native_name_lang = zh-tw

| status= In operation

| ridership2 = 5.2 million in the first half of 2019.{{cite web | author=侯承旭 |script-title=zh:台鐵屏東線 上半年運量破五百萬人次 - 屏東縣 |script-website=zh:自由電子報 | date=2019-09-03 | url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/Pingtung/paper/1315128 | language=zh | access-date=2019-10-29}}

|image = TRA Pingtung Line.svg

|type = Heavy rail

|start = {{stn|Kaohsiung}}

|end = {{rws|Fangliao}}

|stations = 21

|open = 15 December 1941

|owner = Taiwan Railway Corporation

|operator = Taiwan Railway Corporation

|tracks = 2 (Kaohsiung to Chaozhou), 1 (Chaozhou to Fangliao)

|gauge = {{RailGauge|3ft6in}}

|linelength = {{Convert|61.3|km|abbr=on}}

|electrification = 25 kV/60 Hz Catenary

|speed = {{convert|150|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

|map = {{Routemap

| inline = 1

| title = {{lnl|Taiwan Railways|Pingtung}}

| title color = white

| title bg = grey

| map =

~~km~~Station

tCONTg~~{{routemapRoute|L=U|{{lnl|Taiwan Railways|West Coast}}}}

\utCONTgq\mtKRZt!~HUBc2\utBHFq!~HUB3\utCONTfq~~{{routemapRoute|L=L|R=R|{{rint|kaohsiung|r}}}}

\tBHF!~HUB1\HUBc4~~0.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Kaohsiung}}

tpBHF~~1.4~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Minzu}}

tpBHF~~2.4~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Sci-tech Museum}}

tpBHF~~4.2~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhengyi}}

tpBHF~~5.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Fengshan}}

tSTRe

pBHF~~9.5~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Houzhuang}}

pBHF~~13.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Jiuqutang}}

pBHF~~18.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Liukuaicuo}}

hBHFa~~21.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Pingtung}}

hpBHF~~23.6~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Guilai}}

hpBHF~~25.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Linluo}}

hpBHF~~28.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Xishi}}

hpBHF~~32.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhutian}}

hBHFe~~36.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Chaozhou}} ~~ Double-track terminalized

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

pBHF~~40.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Kanding}}

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

pBHF~~43.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Nanzhou}}

STR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Double-track

pBHF~~46.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhen'an}}

STR~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Double-track

hpBHF~~50.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Linbian}}

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

pBHF~~54.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Jiadong}}

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

pBHF~~57.2~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Donghai}}

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

pBHF~~61.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Fangliao}}

nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track

CONTf~~{{routemapRoute|L=D|{{lnl|Taiwan Railways|South-link}}}}

}}

}}

The Pingtung Line ({{zh|t=屏東線|p=Píngdōng Xiàn|poj=Pîn-tong Soàⁿ}}) is part of the West Coast line of Taiwan Railway.

It is {{cvt|61.3|km}} long, of which {{cvt|36.1|km}} is double track.{{Cite web |url=http://www.railway.gov.tw/en/yearbook/yearbook-4.aspx |title=Taiwan Railways Administration |access-date=2007-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111120735/http://www.railway.gov.tw/en/yearbook/yearbook-4.aspx |archive-date=2008-01-11 }}

The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway to a double-track railway in December 2019 while the section between Chaozhou and Nanzhou, and the section between Linbian and Fangliao is expected to remain in single-track.{{cite web | author=Shelley Shan | title=Railways to be fully electrified in 2020 | website=Taipei Times | date=2019-10-29 | url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/06/13/2003716850 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029145041/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/06/13/2003716850 | archive-date=2019-10-29 | url-status=live | access-date=2019-10-29}}

Taiwanese government stated in 2007 that it reserved the possibility to upgrade the entire section to dual-track railway when the number of travelers through Pingtung Line reaches a certain level {{cite web | title=台鐵潮州-枋寮電氣化計畫 | website=鐵路改建工程局 | date=2007-12-02 | url=https://blog.xuite.net/hljluis2003/twblog/185721880 | language=zh | access-date=2019-11-05}}