Tseng National Railway

Tseng National Railway Company Co. Ltd., doing business as the Tseng National Railway or TNR, is a Tsengian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation.

The company was established in 1951. TNR is based in Minzhu District, Tseng City, while the central operating unit for staff is based in Guan District, Tseng City.

History
Rail had existed in Tseng since the Beizhen Railroad in 1860. The rail system further improved under the Japanese. In 1940, Shichiyama-shi was connected to the railway, and Tseng was fully united by rail. However, there was no country-wide body for railways until 1951, when TNR was established. In 2004, with the electrification of the Qimei line, all of the TNR's lines now had electrified portions for high-speed rail and electric power operation. Today, TNR conducts operations with both diesel-electric and electric locomotives.

Design
The network design of the TNR is largely pre-1951, created by the Europeans and Japanese. By the mid-1960s, had helped expand the network. As a result, TNR has become largely reliant on American railroad techniques, such as American-made railroad crossing equipment and American-standard diesel-electric locomotives. By the mid-1970s, American manufacturers and  established factories in Tseng (EMD in Qishan City and Pushan (another factory was added in Shimenxhi under  ownership), GE in Huanzhou) to meet TNR's demand.

Infrastructure
The network is a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge operation.

Lines

 * Arbre-Rose line
 * Callendres line
 * Island line
 * North Coast line
 * Qimei line
 * Qishan line
 * Sandiao line
 * South Coast line
 * Taihua line

Directors

 * Edmund Chen (1951-1955)
 * Joshua Yu (1955-1957)
 * Peng Xia (1957-1969)
 * Joseph Li (1969-1973)
 * Fabien Hong (1973-1974)
 * Wang Zhiwei (1974-1980)
 * Jean-Jacques Rong-fu (1980-1982)
 * Louis Zhang (1982-1983)
 * Li Long-huang (1983-1988)
 * Liu Tianping (1988-1990)
 * David Zhao (1990-1997)
 * Daniel Zhao (1997-2002)
 * John Yu (2002-2005)
 * Frederik Cheng-lu (2005-2008)
 * Gabriel Chen (2008-2010)
 * Steve Zhang (2010-2018)
 * Anastasie Tang (2018-)

Rail services
There are several types of train services of TNR, from local (區間), shijian (市間), shengjian (省間), to Guodao (國道).


 * Guodao: TBA
 * Shengjian: TBA
 * Shijian trains: Meaning "intercity", shijian trains stop at stations in cities and large towns.
 * Local trains: Lowest in the hierarchy of TNR trains. They stop at every station. Since 2016, there has been a type of local train called the fast local train (區間快車), which passes some minor stations. Local trains have the cheapest fare.

TNR also provides luxury passenger train services, especially in areas with high tourist concentrations. These include Shishui Gold (from Tseng City to Shishui), Intercity Steam Express (from Tseng City to Pushan), Beizhen Oriental Express (following the Island line on a restored 1932 4-6-2 locomotive), and the Grand West Coast Railroad (from Tseng City to Wankou).

Food
TNR started serving bentos on its shengjian (省間), and above services in the early 1950s. It includes a medium-temperture steak, along with seasonal vegetables, sesame rice, and a braised tea egg. Prawn cracker gua bao is also a popular choice.

Accidents and incidents

 * 1953: Nantseng rail crash
 * 1958: Tianyuan train disaster
 * 1965: Tseng City train disaster
 * 1968: Hillsborough rail crash
 * 1976: Fushan train derailment
 * 1983: Huanzhou overpass collapse
 * 1987: Tseng City bus accident
 * 1991: Huanzhou rail crash
 * 1997: Kanglong train crash
 * 2003: Shishui train crash
 * 2015: Qishan train derailment