Electrification of the southern loop / electrification of the roundabout finally reached the last mile after 40 years | Life | Key news

(Central News Agency reporters Lu Taicheng and Guo Zhixuan, Taitung County, 19) When the first electrified train of the Longitudinal Railroad was launched in 1968, construction of the southbound railroad on the eastern side of the Central Mountain Range just started. ; that year, the first electrified train did not take the next train. He waited 40 years.

A red banner hung in front of the classroom at Tuban Primary School in Daren Township, Huipian Township, southeast of Tainan. It reads “Electrification of the South-Hui Chihpen-Fangliao railway, 25,000-volt UHV transmission on the tram line since October 1.” The teacher said that the students did not understand well, so they had to tell them “Stay away from the railway cables”.

The same cloth hangs on the back of the flag-raising platform of the adjacent Taiban Elementary School. The director, Song Shuhui, said that every week, the children should return and tell their parents that the electrification of the railway will be opened to traffic and there will be 25,000 volt UHV electricity which is very dangerous.

Not only the school’s intensive publicity, but also the garbage trucks and railways in southeast Taiwan, the well-known Duoliang train station and the “Sakuragi Flower Road Railway” have also hung banners. The “25,000 volts” that have been well known in the West for the past 40 years. Some words have recently appeared in the southeast loop of Taiwan.

The government began planning ten major constructions in 1962, including the electrification of the entire western main railway line (between Keelung and Kaohsiung). The opening ceremony was held at Kaohsiung Station on July 1, 1968. After the electrification of the Western Railway was opened to traffic, 12 construction projects followed and the Round Island Railway was planned; In 1969, the construction of the Nanhui Railway began.

When the Taitung section began, the “Site of Beinan” was excavated, which had been buried underground for a thousand years. The archaeological team carried out 13 rescue excavations, covering an area of ​​10,000 square meters, and unearthed huge archaeological materials, including thousands of stone coffins, the remains of settlement buildings, and a large number of cultural relics such as pottery, tools of the stone and jade, which gave rise to the prehistoric national Taiwan. The Cultural Museum was born in Taitung.

The follow-up project was also difficult due to the dangerous terrain running through the central mountain range. Some people described it as “digging a hole in the mountains and building a bridge in case of water.” Half of the projects along the entire line involved digging caves and building bridges. The 35 tunnels have a total length of 38.4 kilometers, which represents approximately 40% of the southern loop line. Among them, 4 tunnels are over 3 kilometers long and the longest central tunnel is 8 kilometers long. In addition, there are 110 bridges, and the North Taimali Bridge is 26 meters high. It’s not hard to see the engineering difficulties in the heap data.

From Pingtung Fangliao to Taitung Station, the total length of the southbound railway is 98.25 kilometers. The “Southbound Railway Monument” in front of the Taitung Railway Station records 21 people who lost their lives during the construction period, some were killed by tunnel blasting, others on the day of their daughter’s birth, and others retired. He continued working on the Southbound Railway Project, but suffered misfortune in the accident.

In 1981, the southbound railway was completed and opened to traffic, making up the missing link on the Taiwan Circular Island Railway; the electrification project started in late 103 and the overnight train suspension was implemented for three consecutive years. Until October 31 this year, the electric multimodal train that has been in use on the western main line for 30 years and the Puyuma train named after the Puyuma people in Taitung successfully led from Pingtung to Taitung, passing through the southern end of the Central Cordillera, officially proclaiming the “Electrification of the Round Island Railroad.” The Last Mile is completed.

Taiwan’s director of railway engineering Chen Zhongjun said that the electrified route of the southern boundary railway was laid through the southern section of the Central Mountain Range (also known as the Dawu Mountain Range). This is the first time that Puyuma and the electric train cross the Cordillera Central. The electrification of the South Loop Line will open to traffic on December 20. Both Puyuma and Push-Pull Ziqiang will be put into operation. It is estimated that the transport capacity during the holidays will increase by 13%. Travel time from Kaohsiung to Taitung can be saved up to 27 minutes.

Towns and cities in southeastern Tainan have recently intensely promoted the dangers of the electrification of the Nanhui Railway. Promotion has slowed the west for 40 years. However, as time goes by, there is more. “Never use selfie gadgets or remote controls on platforms or near high voltage power lines. There is a risk of electric shock for drones.” Now, after 40 years of electrifying the railroad around the island, the last kilometer is finally reached. (Publisher: Sun Chengwu) 1091219

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