Puyuma Express - Guanshan Station (North)
The Puyuma Express (普悠瑪號) is an express train service of the Taiwan Railways
Administration (TRA). It began
commercial operations on 6 February 2013.
The Puyuma Express was commissioned by the TRA in order to upgrade
the Taiwanese rail system. As the mountains of Taiwan are a barrier to
coast-to-coast transportation, vehicular travel is exposed to intense over-crowding.
The high speed and capacity of the Puyuma Express helps to alleviate this
problem. The maximum operational speed of the Puyuma Express is 150 km/h,
making it the TRA's fastest service. The Puyuma Express belongs to the
Tzu-Chiang Limited Express class of TRA .
The Puyuma Express originally ran between Hualien and Taipei. Because
of its tilting ability, the Puyuma Express is able to handle the curvy Yilan
Line and reduce the travel time between these two locations from 3 hours down to about 2 hours. Since July
2014, the service of the Puyuma Express is extended to Taitung with the
completion of electrification of the Taitung Line.
The Puyuma Express uses the tilting electrical multiple unit
series TEMU2000 built by Nippon Sharyo. The TRA purchased a total of 136 Puyuma
cars. The first 16 cars arrived on 25 October 2012.
This postcard came from 又嘉 (12 December 2014) Postcrossing.
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