Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately 350 km (217 mi) along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a private company, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC), which also operates the line, the total cost of the project was NT$513.3 billion in 1998.^[​2] At the time it was built, this was one of the world's largest privately funded rail construction schemes.^{[citation needed]} The system's technology is based primarily on Japan's Shinkansen.

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