TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taiwan High Speed Rail northern extension between Taipei and Yilan has received a cautious welcome ...

While the decision to keep the high-speed railway away from chemical plants has won public support due to safety concerns, some local politicians wanted trains to pass by Kaohsiung City’s main railway ...

When it came to high-speed rail, the cost was high, engineering was a challenge and there were environmental issues. Taiwan overcame them all, writes Joe Mathews in this Zócalo Public Square column.

Taiwan's long-delayed high-speed rail system debuted Friday, with its 12-car caravan of sleek orange and white coaches gliding out of a suburban Taipei station right on time at 7 a.m.

So at the century’s turn, Taiwan started building a high-speed rail line between Taipei City and Kaohsiung, 225 miles south — the same distance as California’s planned first phase, from San ...

Taiwan is a far poorer place than California — with median household income just one-fourth of ours — but still it managed to afford high-speed rail. It’s far less populous, with only 23 ...

So at the century’s turn, Taiwan started construction on a high-speed rail line linking Taipei City, in the north, to Kaohsiung, in the south.

The high-speed railway, linking Taipei and Kaohsiung, was put into operation in 2007 with an investment of 500 billion New Taiwan dollars ($17.6 billion).

The high-speed rail system is to be extended from Kaohsiung to Pingtung County, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday. Su made the announcement while inspecting the county’s transportation ...

Benoy Architects masterminded a green architectural design for Taiwan High Speed Rail’s (THSR) Hsin Chu Station Mall. The low density green-roofed retail project combines the futuristic look of ...