Taiwan Railways Administration

Taiwan Railways Administration
臺灣鐵路管理局
Agency overview
Formed1948
Preceding agency
  • Railway Administration Council, Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office
Dissolved2023
Superseding agency
  • None; operations succeeded by Taiwan Railway Corporation Limited
JurisdictionTaiwan
HeadquartersTaipei Main Station, Zhongzheng, Taipei
Agency executive
  • Du Wei, Director-General (2021–2023)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese臺灣鐵路管理局
Simplified Chinese台湾铁路管理局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáiwān Tiělù Guǎnlǐjú
Wade–GilesT'ai2-wan1 T'ieh3-lu4 Kuan3-li3-chü2
Tongyong PinyinTáiwan Tiělù Guǎnlǐjyú
Hakka
RomanizationThòi-vàn Thiet-lu Kón-lî-khiu̍k
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTâi-oân Thih-lō· Koán-lí-kio̍k
Tâi-lôTâi-uân Thih-lōo Kuán-lí-kio̍k

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA)[I] was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track.[1] Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955.[2]

On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company.[3]


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  1. ^ "Transportation". A Brief Introduction to Taiwan. ROC Government Information Office. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2006.
  2. ^ "Statistics". railway.gov.tw. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Contact Us Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine." Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved on March 1, 2014. "ADD: No.3, Beiping W. Rd., Jhongjheng District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan (R.O.C.)(Zip Code10041)" - Address in Chinese Archived 31 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine: "機關地址:臺北市北平西路三號 (郵遞區號10041)"