The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) had approved plans to build a new Blue Line on the Taichung Metro, though it will take an estimated 10 years before it is opened to the public.
There will be a real estate gold rush around the stations.
They have already invested 
One of the few things politicians get along with.
I wonder how long it will actually end up taking…also wish we would get some more news about the Green Line extension. I don’t think there’s been any big news on that for a while.
Speak of the devil. The feasibility study/report for the Green Line extension to Changhua and Dakeng has passed the Executive Yuan’s review.
The extension will be 5 new stations going towards Changhua City and 2 new stations going towards Dakeng in Taichung. On the Dakeng extension side of things the Green line will have to split up the cars between the Beitun Main station near the Beitun Costco and the Dakeng stations.
Any plans to build MRT near Taiping District?
With this line Taichung MRT will be somewhat useful. Green line is totally useless by itself. Taichung would be the best city in Taiwan imho if we had good public transport. Kaohsiung is too hot and isolated while Taipei is extra ugly, overcrowded and pointlessly expensive.
Taichung will become pointlessly expensive too if they built up their MRT.
Wait is it another damned raised line? Now I’m pissed. Taiwan needs to fork out a little. They’re so ugly.
The blue line would be part raised and part underground iirc.
Green line extension, no idea.
Taichung needs one more circular line at least. Green extension is relative waste of money as there are train stations already on the route .
The point for many is that it becomes expensive .
For the Blue Line it will be partially underground. The Green Line extension towards Dakeng will be nice as it’s close enough to some of the Dakeng Hiking trails which are quite popular and eventually will help form a loop with the purple line…but who knows how many decades/centuries it would take.
The Green line extension into Changhua doesn’t overlap with the train line but it ends being somewhat close at the final station. Maybe it would’ve been better to have the extension done in two stages, focusing on the Dakeng side first to try and get it through the review and built quicker instead of having both ends being tied together in the project/proposal.
I’m sorry? Too hot? Taipei is much hotter (and more humid), being in a basin. Temperatures in Kaohsiung never go above 31-33 in the hottest days of summer. We also have a nice ocean breeze.
And too isolated from what? Kaohsiung is only a 1-1.5 hour drive to the popular destinations of southern Taiwan (Xiaoliuqiu and Kenting), 1.5 hours by train to the popular spots in Taitung, and 45 mins by HSR to Taichung (to get to the popular spots like Nantou and Sun Moon Lake, etc.).
Most people here have little reason to go north of Taichung/Nantou or Taitung.
A few exaggerations in terms of travel times there . I would agree that Kaohsiung is not hotter than Taipei in Summer, it’s just hotter for longer during the year, which is not necessarily a bad thing anyway.
I think it’s actually 1:50 or something to Taitung on the express train.
Tainan’s just sitting over here tapping his feet like wtf, what about me?
Oh yes, a 45-min. drive or a 20-30 min. train ride to central Tainan! Or 15 minutes by HSR if you’re going to the technology park.
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I might be mistaken, but last time I took the Tze Chiang, it was like 20 minutes from Zuoying.
You’re being way too generous with your estimates. Nanke is very far from Tainan HSR.
Anyways, for me, and it’s also true for most people, my social circle live in the north and central Taiwan so I’d be far from them if I go to Kaohsiung.
Actually you’re right, and 30 minutes from KH Main Station.
