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Kaohsiung Metro

rapid transit system covering metropolitan Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Place Mass Rapid Transit Q700041

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
Mass Rapid Transit, rapid transit[3]
Inception
2008[11]
Official website
www.krtco.com.tw, www.krtc.com.tw[13][14]

Location

Country
Taiwan[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 22.625°, 120.301°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kaohsiung[1]

Codes

Located in time zone
UTC+08:00[6]
More facts +13
Owned by
Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government[4]
Daily patronage
173k (137k–217k, n=31)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Date of official opening
March 9, 2008[30]
Has part(s)
Red line, Orange Line, Circular light rail, Yellow line[7][8][9][10]
KML file
Template:Attached KML/高雄捷運[32]
Operator
Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation[5]
Patronage
+63800000, +65400000[34][35]
Permanent duplicated item
Kaohsiung Metro[31]
Significant event
start of construction[12]
Social media followers
8.4k (5.8k–8.4k, n=4)[37][38][39][40]
State of use
in use[36]
Track gauge
standard-gauge railway[15]
Vehicle normally used
Kaohsiung MRT rolling stock[33]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kaohsiung Metro en Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit en Kaohsiung Rapid Transit en KMRT de KMRT de Kaohsiung MRT es Metro de Kaohsiung fa قطار شهری کاوهسیونگ fr métro de Kaohsiung id Sistem angkutan massal Kaohsiung it metropolitana di Kaohsiung ja 高雄MRT ja 高雄メトロ ja 高雄捷運 ko 가오슝 첩운 nl Metro van Kaohsiung pl Metro w Kaohsiungu pt Metropolitano de Kaohsiung ru Гаосюнский метрополитен ru Метрополитен Гаосюна
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Entrance stairs and escalators, Central Park Station 2008-03-22.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03n68h
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bc5kcrf5
Instagram username
krtc_ig
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
kaohsiungmetro-2495cd, kaohsiungmetro-f540f4
Topic's main category
Category:Kaohsiung Metro
YouTube channel ID
UCz257QdT4CX-qqEscADFIwA

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🔗 Connections
← Transport network 37
Circular light rail, Orange Line, Formosa Boulevard Station, Red line, Central Park Station, Daliao Station, Fongshan Station, Hamasen Station +29 more
Has part(s) 3
Circular light rail, Orange Line, Red line
Country 1
Taiwan
Instance of 1
rapid transit
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kaohsiung
Located in time zone 1
UTC+08:00
Owned by 1
Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kaohsiung Metro
Track gauge 1
standard-gauge railway
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kaohsiung Metro
← Field of work 1
Mass Rapid Transit Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
← Operator 1
Shihjia Station
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Related Entities

Kaohsiung Taiwan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. 5d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vehicle normally used → Kaohsiung MRT rolling stock
    Coordinate location → 22.625°, 120.301°
    KML file → Template:Attached KML/高雄捷運
    Inception → 2008
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