Kaohsiung Light Rail Stations C20~C24 have obtained the operation permit from the Ministry of Communications and will start trial operation on October 5.

(Photo by reporter Ge Youhao)

[Reporter Ge Youhao / Kaohsiung Report] Kaohsiung Circular Light Rail Section C20-C24, after the completion of the survey in September, the Ministry of Communications issued an operation permit letter yesterday. Trial operation opened.

The Kaohsiung MRT Bureau stated that the Kaohsiung Circular Light Rail Section C20-C24 completed the survey on September 25 this year. After completing the improvement matters before the operation was completed on September 27, it was submitted to the Ministry of Communications for an operation permit. The Ministry of Communications issued an official letter yesterday. Reply, agree to allow operation.

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Lin Qinrong, deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City, said that the city government attaches great importance to the operation and opening of the light rail. Within 2 days after the initial survey, the items that must be improved before the survey are completed, and all the matters that must be improved before the operation is completed within 2 days after the survey. To meet the public's expectations that the light rail can be opened to art museums, Nong 16 and Aozidi areas.

Lin Qinrong thanked the Ministry of Communications, the preliminary survey, survey members and the team of the Municipal Transportation Bureau for their assistance, so that the light rail section C20-C24 can smoothly enter the operation stage. The MRT is scheduled to go through trial operation on October 5.

After the C20-C24 section of the light rail is opened to traffic, the operating route will reach 17.1 kilometers, and the service area will be increased from the current 26 stations to 31 stations. The MRT stations on the Yunhong Line and Lvyuan Road allow more citizens or tourists from other places to transfer to the Art Museum Park, Neiwei Art Center, Pier 2, and Penglai Commercial Port Area via rail transit.

Wu Yilong, director of Gaoshi MRT, pointed out that in the rail transportation network constructed by the MRT Red Orange Line and the circular light rail, only the second-level C24-C32 Dashun section of the light rail in the first quadrant is left, which is the next stage of the engineering team's efforts. The goal.