The Jiji Line is a branch line of the Taiwan Railway Administration

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

, located in Changhua

Changhua County

Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

 and Nantou

Nantou County

Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

 Counties in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. The length of the line is 29.7 km.

History

The line was originally built by Taipower to facilitate the construction of power plants in Sun Moon Lake

Sun Moon Lake

Sun Moon Lake is the largest body of water in Taiwan as well as a tourist attraction. Situated in Yuchi, Nantou, the area around the Sun Moon Lake is home to the Thao tribe, one of aboriginal tribes in Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake surrounds a tiny island called Lalu...

. Afterwards, the colony government purchased the route in 1927.

The line was severely damaged in the Chi-Chi earthquake on 21 September 1999, but was reconstructed in Feb. 2002.

Operation

In Jiji line, there are twelve runs everyday, however, only one runs between Ershuei

Ershuei, Changhua

Ershui is a rural township in southeastern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is bordered on the north by Tianzhong Township , to the east by Mingjian Township in Nantou County, and to the west by Xizhou Township...

 station and Checheng station, and the others travel between Taichung

Taichung

-Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

 station and Checheng station. The headway

Headway

Headway is a measurement of the distance/time between vehicles in a transit system. The precise definition varies depending on the application, but it is most commonly measured as the distance from the tip of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it, expressed as the time it will take for...

 between each number of runs is about two hours. Because it's a single line, only one way can run all the time.

Stations

• Ershuei
  Ershuei Station
  Ershui Station is a railway station of the Taiwan Railway Administration Western Line located in Ershui, Changhua County, Taiwan. It is also the western terminus of the Jiji Line.- Nearby stations :...
  
  : Connecting to the Western Line
• Yuancyuan
• Mingjian
• Longcyuan
• Jiji
• Shueili
• Checheng

Fares

A one-way ticket fare, from Ershuei to Chechang, is NT$44 by mileage for adults. And, an unlimited-rides pass fare is NT$80, for used in one day. The Jiji Line ticket and one-day round-trip pass is available for purchase at all the following stations: Jhunan, Miaoli, Fongyuan, Taichung, Changhua, Yuanlin, Tianjhong, Ershuei, Dajia, Shalu, Douliu, Dounan and Chiayi.

Using the MRT calculation, the fare will be NT$55 in the future, and will be support Easycard

EasyCard

The EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the Taipei Smart Card Corporation for payment on the Taipei MRT, buses, and other public transport services in Taipei since June 2002. Its use has since been expanded to include convenience stores, department stores, supermarkets, and...

.