There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan:
The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railway and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below Taiwan High Speed Rail section for their relations in detail.
There are five rapid transit systems in Taiwan:
The Alishan Forest Railway is currently administered by Forestry Bureau as a heritage railway for tourists in Alishan National Scenic Area.
Station names in Taiwan are in WadeâÂÂGiles for major stations and in Hanyu Pinyin for other minor stations. Exceptions exist in Kaohsiung Metro, which uses Tongyong Pinyin in general. Other romanization systems also exists in some cases for private property or traditional place names. The law of Taiwan also requires all notifications in public transportation systems including station names shall be made in Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, and Hakka.
The Taiwan Railway is operated by the governmental official Taiwan Railway Corporation. It consists of the following lines
Stations with special and first classes are shown in bold.
The Taiwan High Speed Rail currently operates 12 stations in western Taiwan:
The Kaohsiung Metro consists of three lines: Red line, Orange line, and Circular light rail. There are in total 52 stations in total on the three lines.
The New Taipei Metro consists of one line, Danhai light rail, with 14 stations. Stations V01-V11 opened in 2018, and stations V26-V28 opened in 2020.
The Taichung MRT consists of one line, Green line, with 18 stations. The line officially opened on April 25, 2021.
The Taipei Metro System consists of five lines: Wenhu line, TamsuiâÂÂXinyi line, ZhongheâÂÂXinlu line, SongshanâÂÂXindian line, Bannan line. There are in total 117 stations in total on these lines.
Taoyuan Metro consists of one line, Taoyuan Airport MRT, with 21 stations.
The Alishan Forest Railway is owned and operated by Forestry Bureau. Currently four lines are in operation: Main line (Alishan line), Chushan line, Shenmu line, and Zhaoping line.