TRA is meeting the challenge with the electrification project which will expand greatly the transportation capacity of the existing lines and thus achieve the multiple purposes of economic development. This is one of the nation's ten major economic projects.
台鐵為了配合經濟發展，因應當前及今後運輸的需要，於是積極推行鐵路西部幹線電化計畫，使得現有的路線發揮最大的能量，以達到多目標的經濟建設目的。