Taiwan Railways Administration

Taiwan Railways Administration
臺灣鐵路管理局
Agency overview
Formed	1948
Preceding	Railway Administration Council, Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office;
Dissolved	2023
Superseding agency	None; operations succeeded by Taiwan Railway Corporation Limited;
Jurisdiction	Taiwan
Headquarters	Taipei Main Station, Zhongzheng, Taipei
Agency executive	Du Wei, Director-General (2021–2023);
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	臺灣鐵路管理局
Simplified Chinese	台湾铁路管理局
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Tiělù Guǎnlǐjú
Wade–Giles	T'ai2-wan1 T'ieh3-lu4 Kuan3-li3-chü2
Tongyong Pinyin	Táiwan Tiělù Guǎnlǐjyú
Hakka
Romanization	Thòi-vàn Thiet-lu Kón-lî-khiu̍k
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân Thih-lō· Koán-lí-kio̍k
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân Thih-lōo Kuán-lí-kio̍k

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) was a governmental agency in Taiwan which operated Taiwan Railway from 1948 to 2023. It managed, maintained, and operated conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1,097 km (682 mi) of track. Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955.

On 1 January 2024, Taiwan Railway Administration became a state-owned corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation. The agency's headquarters was at Taipei Main Station in Zhongzheng District, Taipei at the time of dissolution, the site which became the headquarter of the new company.

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