Eastern Trunk line explained

Eastern Trunk line
Color:	063391
Native Name:	東部幹線
Native Name Lang:	zh-tw
Type:	Conventional railway
Stations:	64
Operator:	Taiwan Railways Administration
Tracks:	Varies
Linelength:	320.3km (199miles)
Electrification:	25 kV/60 Hz catenary
Speed:	Varies

The Eastern Trunk line is a railway line of the Taiwan Railways Administration running along Taiwan's sparsely populated eastern corridor.

The Eastern Trunk line is a combination of line sections:^[1]

Name	Chinese	Taiwanese	Hakka	Length	Terminus
Yilan line^[2]		Gî-lân Soàⁿ	Ngì-làn Sien	93.6km (58.2miles)
North-link line^[3]		Pak-hôe Soàⁿ	Pet-fûi Sien	79.2km (49.2miles)	from Su'aoxin to Hualien
Hualien–Taitung line^[4]		Tâi-tang Soàⁿ	Thòi-tûng Sien	150.9km (93.8miles)	from Hualien to Taitung

The length of the combined line is 323.7km (201.1miles).

Notes and References

1. Web site: 交通部臺灣鐵路管理局 . Taiwan Railway . Taiwan Railway Administration . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112093114/https://tip.railway.gov.tw/tra-tip-web/tip/tip00C/tipC21/view?proCode=8ae4cac3756b7b41017572e9077f1790&subCode=8ae4cac3756b7b41017573e352ae18f8 . 12 January 2021 . 25 December 2020.
2. Web site: 東部幹線/宜蘭線. Taiwan Railways Administration. 2021-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206021330/https://tip-tr4cdn.cdn.hinet.net/tra-tip-web/static/file/timetable1091201/BaduToSuao_YilanLine1225.pdf?version=8.7.25. 2021-02-06. 2020-12-25. dmy-all.
3. Web site: 東部幹線/北迴線 . Taiwan Railway Administration . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206021337/https://tip-tr4cdn.cdn.hinet.net/tra-tip-web/static/file/timetable1091201/NorthLinkLine.pdf?version=8.7.25 . 6 February 2021 . 25 December 2020.
4. Web site: 東部幹線/台東線 . Taiwan Railway Administration . 6 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210206021351/https://tip-tr4cdn.cdn.hinet.net/tra-tip-web/static/file/timetable1091201/TaitungLine.pdf?version=8.7.25 . 6 February 2021 . 25 December 2020.