Premier approves Yilan HSR project

PINGTUNG, TOO: The Yilan HSR line is to terminate at Nangang Station, while a line is to connect Kaohsiung’s Zuoying HSR Station to a planned station in Lioukuaitso By Chung Li-hua and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday officially approved a 60.6km extension of the high-speed rail (HSR) system to connect Taipei’s Nangang HSR Station with Yilan County, cutting travel time to about 28 minutes — a significant reduction compared with the Taiwan Railway Corp line.The project is expected to cost NT$352.175 billion (US$10.91 billion), with construction projected to be completed 11 years after final approval is received, or by 2037.The Yilan HSR line would run from the station in Nangang District (南港) through N