Editing Pingtung line (section)

{{Expand Chinese|topic=transp|date=June 2015}}
{{Primary sources|date=September 2010}}
{{short description|One of the two partially double-track railway in Taiwan along with South-link line.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox rail line
|name             = Pingtung Line
|color            = 601986
|native_name      = 屏東線 
|native_name_lang = zh-tw
| status= In operation
| ridership2 = 5.2 million in the first half of 2019.<ref name="侯承旭 2019">{{cite web | author=侯承旭 |script-title=zh:台鐵屏東線 上半年運量破五百萬人次 - 屏東縣 |script-website=zh:自由電子報 | date=2019-09-03 | url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/Pingtung/paper/1315128 | language=zh | access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>
|image            = TRA Pingtung Line.svg
|type             = [[Heavy rail]]
|start            = {{stn|Kaohsiung}}
|end              = {{rws|Fangliao}}
|stations         = 21
|open             = 15 December 1941
|owner            = [[Taiwan Railway Corporation]]
|operator         = [[Taiwan Railway Corporation]]
|tracks           = 2 (Kaohsiung to Chaozhou), 1 (Chaozhou to Fangliao)
|gauge            = {{RailGauge|3ft6in}}
|linelength       = {{Convert|61.3|km|abbr=on}}
|electrification  = 25 kV/60 Hz [[Overhead lines|Catenary]]
|speed            = {{convert|150|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
|map              = {{Routemap
 | inline      = 1
 | title       = {{lnl|Taiwan Railways|Pingtung}}
 | title color = white
 | title bg    = grey
 | map =
~~km~~Station
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\tBHF!~HUB1\HUBc4~~0.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Kaohsiung}}
tpBHF~~1.4~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Minzu}}
tpBHF~~2.4~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Sci-tech Museum}}
tpBHF~~4.2~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhengyi}}
tpBHF~~5.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Fengshan}}
tSTRe
pBHF~~9.5~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Houzhuang}}
pBHF~~13.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Jiuqutang}}
pBHF~~18.8~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Liukuaicuo}}
hBHFa~~21.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Pingtung}}
hpBHF~~23.6~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Guilai}}
hpBHF~~25.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Linluo}}
hpBHF~~28.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Xishi}}
hpBHF~~32.0~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhutian}}
hBHFe~~36.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Chaozhou}} ~~ Double-track terminalized
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~  Single-track
pBHF~~40.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Kanding}}
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track
pBHF~~43.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Nanzhou}}
STR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Double-track
pBHF~~46.9~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Zhen'an}}
STR~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Double-track
hpBHF~~50.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Linbian}}
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track
pBHF~~54.1~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Jiadong}}
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track
pBHF~~57.2~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Donghai}}
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track
pBHF~~61.3~~{{stl|Taiwan Railways|Fangliao}}
nSTR ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Single-track
CONTf~~{{routemapRoute|L=D|{{lnl|Taiwan Railways|South-link}}}}
}}
}}

The '''Pingtung Line''' ({{zh|t=屏東線|p=Píngdōng Xiàn|poj=Pîn-tong Soàⁿ}}) is part of the [[West Coast line (Taiwan)|West Coast line]] of [[Taiwan Railway]]. 

It is {{cvt|61.3|km}} long, of which {{cvt|36.1|km}} is [[double track]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.railway.gov.tw/en/yearbook/yearbook-4.aspx |title=Taiwan Railways Administration |access-date=2007-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111120735/http://www.railway.gov.tw/en/yearbook/yearbook-4.aspx |archive-date=2008-01-11 }}</ref>

The section between [[Nanzhou, Pingtung|Nanzhou]] and [[Linbian]] railway stations will be upgraded from a [[single-track railway]] to a [[double-track railway]] in December 2019 while the section between Chaozhou and Nanzhou, and the section between Linbian and Fangliao is expected to remain in single-track.<ref name="Taipei Times 2019">{{cite web | author=Shelley Shan | title=Railways to be fully electrified in 2020 | website=Taipei Times | date=2019-10-29 | url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/06/13/2003716850 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029145041/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/06/13/2003716850 | archive-date=2019-10-29 | url-status=live | access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>

Taiwanese government stated in 2007 that it reserved the possibility to upgrade the entire section to dual-track railway when the number of travelers through Pingtung Line reaches a certain level <ref name="96 年 11 月 23 日 2007">{{cite web | title=台鐵潮州-枋寮電氣化計畫 | website=鐵路改建工程局 | date=2007-12-02 | url=https://blog.xuite.net/hljluis2003/twblog/185721880 | language=zh | access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>