Browsing: Kaohsiung MRT

Zoning changes for developments at Kaohsiung Yellow Line stations Y8 and Y18 have cleared central review. Plans include three buildings near the Jiangong shopping district and underground connections around Weiwuying.

Hello Kitty and Stationmaster Mikan now share a themed Kaohsiung MRT train, scheduled to run through September 2027. Station decorations, merchandise, and a stamp-collecting promotion round out the collaboration.

Formosa Boulevard station’s white grand piano is now available without registration, giving passing musicians a chance to play beneath the Dome of Light.

Kaohsiung MRT staff removed three intoxicated foreign passengers after one was filmed urinating on train seats at Gangshan Station, while police reviewed possible criminal liability.

A foreign passenger faces a fine after being filmed urinating inside a Kaohsiung MRT train. The operator said staff intervened and arranged emergency cleaning.

Kaohsiung’s proposed MRT Blue Line could extend into southern Fongshan and Siaogang. No construction or opening timetable has been announced. The Blue Line remains a long-term proposal, with the revised network plan awaiting central government review.

Kaohsiung is studying an 18.3-kilometer MRT Green Line through five eastern districts, but the project has no approved budget or construction schedule and could take decades to complete.

Scholars credit Chen Chi-mai’s administration with changes in technology, transit, tourism and green space as five candidates compete to lead Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung’s KMT and DPP mayoral candidates want to accelerate separate MRT projects despite a former Cabinet official’s warning about rising costs and weak returns.

As of early July, the second phase of the Gangshan-Lujhu extension (岡山路竹延伸線) was 28.53% complete, 2.94 percentage points ahead of schedule. The Yellow Line was 12.71% complete, 1.64 percentage points ahead of schedule, while the Siaogang-Linyuan Line (小港林園線) was 15.43% complete, 1.9 percentage points ahead of schedule.