With almost 2.8 million inhabitants, Kaohsiung is the country’s second largest city and was the first city in Taiwan to launch a tramway project in 2012. It was also the first to deploy a modern electric tramway system. The current line has 14 stations and the extension will add a further 23. The completed 22-kilometer circular line will have interchanges at both ends of the two existing metro lines.
As part of this four and a half year contract, Thales will handle the signalling, including the supply of interlocking systems, traffic light priority systems as well as the automatic vehicle localisation system.
