The Yellow line, also known as the Kaohsiung Metropolitan line, is a planned medium capacity rapid transit line on the Kaohsiung Metro. The was approved by the Executive Yuan in March 2022, and construction started in 2023.
History The initial plan of the Yellow line was first seen in 2002 when the whole MRT construction plan for Kaohsiung was being re-sketched.高雄市政府捷運工程局—長期路網規劃—黃線
By the spring of 2015, director Wu Yi-Long (吳義隆) of the Kaohsiung City Government's informed the local parliament that the Yellow line was undergoing feasibility assessment. Its route was likely a combination of the old-drafted Yellow line and Brown line, and was hoped to be the second circular public transportation line across Kaohsiung City, preceded by the first circular line in Kaohsiung and the whole nation.
On 14 February 2017, four members of the Legislative Yuan representing Kaohsiung and affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party, namely Liu Shyh-fang, Lee Kun-tse, , and Hsu Chih-chieh, held a joint press conference unveiling the new draft of the route for the Yellow line.They asked the Executive Yuan to approve the plan, whose bid was later agreed and approved by the yuan to be included on March 23.
On March 27, a few days after the approval of the Executive Yuan's approval, the local MRT bureau submitted the feasibility study of the Yellow line to the authorities concerned of the central government. In the study, the line was planned to be an underground system whose route combined the previously planned Brown line, Fongshan line, and Wujia section of the Green line.
In March 2022, the Executive Yuan approved the construction of the line, due for completion by 2028.
In November 2024, it was announced that the opening would be delayed to 2032 and 2034 for the first (Y1-Y8, Y1-Y18) and second (Y8-Y15, Y18-Y23) phases, respectively.
Stations
The Yellow line has two start points, Cruise Terminal and MRT Cianjhen Senior High School Station, and an end point at Niaosong Depot, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung City. The section from Y1 to Y15 is also called Jiangong-Minzu (建工民族) line, while the section between Y1 and Y23 is called Chenching-Wujia (澄清五甲) line.
There will be three service patterns tentatively operating every 10 minutes (Y23-Y1, Y15-Y1, Y23-Y5-Y15) which will provide equal five-minute headways to all stations.
Please note that the station names and locations are tentatively planned.
Branch Code Station name Transfer LocationEnglishChinese●● Lanpu坔埔 Niaosong District●●Cizhijiao崎子腳●●Niaosong鳥松●● Chang Gung Memorial Hospital長庚醫院●●Chengcing Lake澄清湖●｜ Dahua大華●｜ Benguan本館●｜ Kaohsiung Industrial High School高雄高工Sanmin District●｜ Dagang大港●｜Minzu民族 Pingtung Line●｜Sinyi Elementary School Station信義國小Sinsing District●｜Sihwei Administration Center四維行政中心Cianjhen DistrictLingya District●｜Sanduo Market三多市場●｜Sanduo Shopping District三多商圈●｜Cruise Terminal旅運中心Lingya District●Baoye Detention Park寶業滯洪公園Sanmin District● Zhengyi正義 Pingtung LineLingya District● Weiwuying衛武營● Sinjia新甲Fongshan District● Cilaoye七老爺● Wujia五甲● Longcheng Temple龍成宮● Cianjhen Senior High School前鎮高中 Cianjhen District
Rolling stock The line will be operated by 25 three-car trains produced by Stadler Rail in St. Margrethen. The trains will be automated using a CBTC system supplied by Siemens Mobility.
A mockup of the trains was revealed on August 28, 2026
See also Rapid transit in Taiwan Taipei Metro Kaohsiung Metro Taoyuan Metro Taichung MRT
References
External links Transportation bureau, Kaohsiung City Government