Taoyuan Metro

Taoyuan Metro
Overview
Native name
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	桃園捷運
Simplified Chinese	桃园捷运
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táoyuán Jiéyùn Bopomofo ㄊㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ Hakka Romanization Thò-yèn Chhia̍p-yun Southern Min Hokkien POJ Thô-hn̂g Chia̍t-ūn
Owner	Taoyuan City Government Department of Rapid Transit Systems
Locale	Taoyuan and New Taipei, Taiwan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	22
Annual ridership	23.214 million (2018)[1]
Website	Taoyuan Metro Corp.
Operation
Began operation	2 March 2017[2]
Operator(s)	Taoyuan Metro Corporation
Technical
System length	51.33 km (31.89 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Planned network

The Taoyuan Metro (formerly Taoyuan Rail Transit and officially Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System) is a rapid transit system serving Taoyuan City, as well as parts of New Taipei City and Taipei City, in Taiwan.^[3] The most recently proposed network includes 11 lines and extensions, of which 2 are now under construction. The Taoyuan Airport MRT (Taipei Main Station - Huanbei) is the only line currently in operation. The system opened with the opening of the first line in the system, Taoyuan Airport MRT, for trial passenger service on 2 February 2017 and revenue passenger service on 2 March 2017.