Central Tunnel | |
Line: | South-link Line |
Location: | Daren, Taitung County Shizi, Pingtung County |
Crosses: | Central Mountain Range Tea stay in the mountains |
Coordinates: | 22.2846°N 120.7825°W |
System: | Taiwan Railways Administration |
Status: | in use |
Start: | Central Signal Station (west side: Shizi, Pingtung County) |
End: | Guzhuang Station (east side: Daren, Taitung County, This station at Dawu) |
Stations: | Central Signal Station |
Startwork: | 1985 |
Opened: | 1991 |
Owner: | Taiwan Railways Administration |
Operator: | Taiwan Railways Administration |
Traffic: | rail |
Length: | 8070m (26,480feet) |
Notrack: | double track |
El: | non - electrification interval |
Speed: | 110 km/h |
Hielevation: | 175m (574feet) |
Height: | 7.12m (23.36feet) |
Width: | 8.154m (26.752feet) |
Grade: | 0.002–0.008 |
Central Tunnel (Chinese: t=中央隧道|p=Zhōngyāng Suìdào) is a tunnel that runs through the Central Mountain Range, carrying Taiwan Railways Administration's South-link line between Fangshan Station and Guzhuang Station. At 8070m (26,480feet), it was the longest railway tunnel in Taiwan when it opened (now second only to the 10307m (33,816feet) Xinguanyin Tunnel). The tunnel has a dike and two ventilation shafts.