Contracts were awarded to construct a new MRT line to connect Taipei’s Donghu Station to New Taipei’s Xizhi Station, expected to be completed in early 2032.
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There is going to be the new mingsheng line there plus the east section of the circular if I remember correctly
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This has me scratching my head:
The bureau’s deputy director Cheng Chih-ming (鄭智銘) said an approximately 200-meter transfer will be required between MRT Donghu Station and the beginning of the new line. Cheng said an air bridge and escalators will be installed for convenience.
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An air bridge is something used for planes at airports. Does he just mean a bridge? If there’s no air underneath, it isn’t a bridge. Just a pavement. 
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Tianqiao (天橋) is typically translated as “skywalk” including here in the work of the great filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang.
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Yeah, “skywalk” is fine too and presumably what was intended there like you say. I was imagining the ones in Bangkok between the SkyTrain stations on Sukhumvit, which I always referred to and heard referred to as “skywalks”.
I just meant what word the guy/person was aiming for. (Actually, I suppose the original quote was in Chinese and this was a mistranslation by Taiwan News.)
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Yeah, the circular is the north south portion of that. But the Minsheng line then ends somewhere else. Then to go to xizhi you gotta make a mess of transfers.
The area still needs an east west line
According to the article the Minsheng line will link with this DongHu/Xizhi line to make a continuous line. The slighly concerning part is where they say it will also link with the Keelung line using the same track specs which means the Keelung line won’t be heavy MRT (Red/Blue/Orange/Green) but light MRT (Yellow). I would have thought the KeeLung/XiZhi line would have needed to be heavy not light myself.
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From the article above:
Cheng said the lines will be built according to the transport ministry’s standards for light rail rapid transit (LRRT), and each train on the line will carry at least 530 passengers. According to the transport ministry, LRRT systems are expected to carry between 2,000 to 25,000 passengers per hour in each direction.
I don’t know if that’s a high number or not. I know the trains are packed every day and the number of people living in Xizhi and Keelung seems to be increasing. I don’t see a real difference between Xizhi and Taipei anymore. Even scooter parking can be an issue sometimes- just like Taipei.
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Same story but a clearer start date is given.
Work on the new metro line connecting Xizhi and Donghu in an area northeast of Taipei will start at the beginning of 2025, the New Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems said Tuesday.
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新北捷運汐止東湖線今（19）日舉行統包工程簽約儀式，市長侯友宜、捷運工程局長李政安出席。侯友宜表示，汐東線主體工程預計明年3月開工、2032年完工，未來汐東線可串聯審議中的基隆捷運、規劃中的台北市民生線，屆時民眾可一車往返基隆、南港與大稻埕，盼實現「北接基隆、中接台北」願景。
The New Taipei MRT Xizhi Donghu Line held a turnkey project signing ceremony today (19th). Mayor Hou Youyi and MRT Engineering Director Li Zheng’an attended. Hou Youyi said that the main project of the Xidong Line is expected to start in March next year and be completed in 2032. In the future, the Xidong Line can be connected in series with the Keelung MRT and the planned Taipei Civil Life Line. By then, people can travel between Keelung, Nangang and Taipei in one car. Daocheng hopes to realize the vision of “connecting to Keelung in the north and Taipei in the middle”.
Seriously is that what this thing will be called?
Shema dongshi!
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Yeah everyone will just call it East West. Not west east
Who the heck says west east?
What kind is east west is that (as mentioned ) ?!
In english we would say east west instead of west east also but
We would say north south but Taiwanese will say
South north not north south
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It will probably have another name (or color) or number or letter or nickname by the time it’s finished. LOL! There have been so many iterations in Taipei since 1997. Anyone remember when the orange line was almost yellow and only ran to CKS. And the map tried to pretend there were ‘red’ lines? Still I think Shanghai managed to outbuild Taipei by quite a multiple.
Plans change, and new section constructed could mean reshuffling. Used to be danshui went straight to xindian, but now that’s green line.
If I was Catholic back then going to church would have been simple, just get to taipower station, but now it’s complicated transfer in a very congested line.
It’s 汐止東胡 shortened. You guys are lazier than I am about reading Chinese!
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Say what? 
I don’t think plans changed. Those initial lines were just temporary until other lines/stations were completed. It was the plan to do it this way from the beginning, l believe.
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Yes. Used to teach at CCU adult division near there. Quick to Kuting. One train home. Nice run.
Changing from the red line to the green line at CKS Memorial Hall when going from Danshui to Taipower Building (or vice versa for the return trip) must be among the least complicated transfers on the Taipei MRT?
You literally just need to walk across the platform. Perhaps TL has a different technique, or perhaps it’s just nonsense. 
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