Editing Western Trunk line (section)

==History==
The original railroad between [[Keelung]] and [[Twatutia]] was completed in 1891. The section between [[Twatutia]] and [[Hsinchu]] was finished in 1893. However, in the [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese era]], these sections were all rebuilt by the [[Government-General of Taiwan]] as part of its Taiwan Trunk Railway ({{lang|ja|縱貫鐵道}}, ''Jūkan Tetsudō'') project. The Taiwan Trunk Railway was completed in 1908 with route from Kīrun ({{lang|ja|基隆}}, [[Keelung]]) through Taihoku ({{lang|ja|臺北}}, [[Taipei]]), Shinchiku ({{lang|ja|新竹}}, [[Hsinchu]]), Taichū ({{lang|ja|臺中}}, [[Taichung]]), Tainan ({{lang|ja|臺南}}, [[Tainan]]), to Takao ({{lang|ja|高雄}}, [[Kaohsiung]]).

The Taiwan Trunk Railway at that time went through all major cities in western [[Taiwan]]. However, the terrain around Taichū ([[Taichung]]) created a significant bottleneck for [[rail freight transport]]. To resolve this issue, the [[Government-General of Taiwan]] decided to build a Coastal Line ({{lang|ja|海岸線}}, ''Kaigan-sen'') between Chikunan ({{lang|ja|竹南}}, [[Zhunan railway station|Zhunan]]) and Shōka ({{lang|ja|彰化}}, [[Changhua railway station|Changhua]]) to relieve the congestion. The construction of the Coastal Line was started in 1919 and completed in 1922. The Coastal Line then became a part of the main West Coast Line, and the original railway through Taichū ([[Taichung]]) was named as a separate line ([[Taichung line]]).

Due to service patterns, the following lines are often collectively referred to as the ''Western main line'' ({{zh|t=西部幹線|poj=Se-pō͘ Kàn-sòaⁿ}})
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!Name!!Chinese!![[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]]!![[Taiwanese Hakka|Hakka]]!!Length!!Terminus
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|West Coast line||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|縱貫線}}}}||Chhiòng-koàn Sòaⁿ||Chiúng-kon Sien||{{Convert|404.5|km|abbr=on}}
|from [[Keelung railway station|Keelung]] to [[Kaohsiung station|Kaohsiung]]
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|[[Taichung line]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|臺中線}}}}||Tâi-tiong Sòaⁿ||Thòi-chûng Sien||{{Convert|85.5|km|abbr=on}}
|from [[Zhunan railway station|Zhunan]] to [[Changhua railway station|Changhua]] {{small|(via [[Taichung TRA station|Taichung]])}}
|-
|[[Pingtung line]]||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|屏東線}}}}||Pîn-tong Sòaⁿ||Phìn-tûng Sien||{{Convert|61.3|km|abbr=on}}
|from [[Kaohsiung station|Kaohsiung]] to [[Fangliao railway station|Fangliao]]
|}