Kaohsiung City Railway Underground East Section –Detailed Design (DL03)

Kaohsiung City Railway Underground East Section –Detailed Design (DL03)

Service / Mechanical and Electrical System Design

Owner / Railway Reconstruction Bureau, Ministry of

Transportation and Communications

Kaohsiung City Railway Underground East Section –Detailed Design (DL03)

The total length of this project is 3,557 m with 2,200 m cut and cover tunnels, 630 m approach section, 727 m at grade and two new stations (Mingchu and Dashun at Mingchu Road and Dashun Road respectively). Station platforms are 180 m long and 5.2 m wide at second basement level. Each station has one main entrance at grade and feature different architectural styles. Hexagonal units based on organic carbon molecules are used to form tree-like structures for the main entrance at Mingchu Station.