【精英翻譯關注新聞】Government approves new direct train route from Taipei to Yilan－【精英翻譯】的部落格

Government approves new direct train route from Taipei to Yilan (2014/04/23)

After years of planning, the government has approved a new direct train route between Taipei and Yilan. It will cut travel time between the cities by as much as 38 minutes, but groundbreaking will have to wait until environmental review is completed.

Currently it takes over an hour to travel from Taipei to Yilan by train. A proposal to construct a direct train route between these locations will substantially cut time off this trip.

Yeh Kuang-shih
Transportation Minister
From the perspective of the entire Taiwan area, especially the eastern region, and from the concept of a one-day living circle around Yilan and Hualien, we believe spending NT$50 billion in (construction costs) to save half an hour of time for travelers is an efficient use of resources.

At the moment, the Northern Link Line is routed through Keelung.

The Taipei-Yilan Railway line will bypass the Feitsui Reservoir and travel from Nangang to Shuangxi then Toucheng.

But environmental groups worry about the impact of plans to excavate a 21.6-kilometer tunnel from Xizhi to Shuangxi and passing through Hsuehshan Range.

Tsai Chung-yueh
Citizen of the Earth, Taiwan
Construction of National Freeway No. 5 damaged the water source for 150,000 people in the Taipei area. This is a protected area for water quality and is not suitable for the excavation of a long tunnel.

The Ministry of Transportation expects the new Taipei-Yilan route to be completed by 2026. This is dependent, however, on passage of environmental impact assessment.

北宜直鐵定

北宜直線鐵路規劃多年，現在終於拍板定案，未來台北到宜蘭將可節省最多38分鐘。但環保團體擔憂，汐止到雙溪，要挖長達21.6公里的隧道，可能影響水質，希望環評審議要好好把關。

過去從台北搭火車到宜蘭，起碼得花1小時，現在交通部交出北宜直鐵興建案，將大幅縮減通車時間。

[[交通部長葉匡時]]
“從整個台灣尤其東部地區，宜蘭、花蓮一日生活圈的概念來講，我們覺得500億(工程費用)，能夠省接近半個鐘頭時間，我們是認為非常划算”

目前北迴鐵路要繞到基隆，北宜直鐵則是繞過翡翠水庫，從南港經雙溪，到宜蘭頭城。

但環保團體質疑，規劃中汐止到雙溪段，將開挖長21.6公里的隧道，行經雪山山脈，可能影響沿線環境。

[[地球公民基金會主任蔡中岳]]
“過去國道五號在興建的時候，基本上流掉了大台北地區，大概15萬人的水源，那這樣的水質水量保護區，是不是適合做長隧道的開挖”

北宜直鐵能否如交通部預估的在民國115年上路，還得看接下來是否順利通過環評審議。