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Line 5 (Taipei Metro)

Line 5 (Taipei Metro)

The Bannan or Blue line (code BL) is a line of the Taipei Metro named after the districts it connects: Banqiao and Nangang. It has a total of 23 stations serving the Nangang, Xinyi, Daan, Zhongshan, and Wanhua districts, as well as into the New Taipei districts of Banqiao and Tucheng.

The entire line runs underground. The excavation of tunnels using the cut-and-cover method resulted in large scale detouring of road traffic. Because of that, the line runs beneath existing roads and totals 28.3 km (17.6 mi).

Bannan line
Taipei Metro Line BL.svg
Platform 3, MRT Taipei Main Station 20090129.jpg
Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Other name(s)Blue Line
TypeRapid transit
LocaleTaipei, Republic of China
TerminiDingpu, Far Eastern Hospital
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Kunyang
Stations23
Operation
Opened24 December 1999
Operator(s)Taipei Rapid Transit System
CharacterUnderground
Depot(s)Nangang Depot, Tucheng Depot
Rolling stockSiemens Modular Metro (C321 and C341)
3 cars per set, 2 sets per train
Technical
Line length26.6 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm(4 ft 81⁄2 in)
ElectrificationThird rail (750 volts DC)
Operating speed80 km/h
Route map
Other features
Stations
(Left arrowWenhu line to Neihu depot)
Nangang Exhib. Center
(TRA West Coast lineRight arrow)
TRA, THSR
Nangang
Nangang depot
Kunyang
Houshanpi
*(Left arrowCircular lineRight arrow)*
Yongchun
Taipei City Hall
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Zhongxiao Dunhua
Zhongxiao Fuxing
(Wenhu line to Taipei ZooRight arrow)
(Left arrowZhonghe–Xinlu lineRight arrow)
Zhongxiao Xinsheng
Shandao Temple
(Left arrowTamsui–Xinyi lineRight arrow)
Taipei Main Station
Taoyuan Airport MRT, TRA, THSR
(Left arrowTaoyuan Airport MRT to
Huanbei)
(Left arrowSongshan–Xindian line to
Songshan)
Ximen
(Songshan–Xindian line to
XindianRight arrow)
Longshan Temple
Wanhua
Xindian River
Taipei
New Taipei City
Jiangzicui
*(Left arrowCircular line to NTIP)*
Xinpu Minsheng
Xinpu
*(Circular line to DapinglinRight arrow)*
Banqiao
Fuzhong
(Left arrowTRA West Coast line to
Fuzhou)
(Left arrowTHSR to Taoyuan)
Far Eastern Hospital
Tucheng depot
Haishan
Tucheng
Yongning
Dingpu
This diagram:
    Bannan line
    Traditional Chinese板南線
    Simplified Chinese板南线
    Alternative Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese枋南線
    Simplified Chinese枋南线
    Second alternative Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese藍線
    Simplified Chinese蓝线

    Overview

    Service on this line is divided into a full-length service from Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center to Dingpu, as well as a shorter service from Kunyang to Far Eastern Hospital.

    Due to Taipei City Hall Station being at the center of the Taipei 101 New Year's festivities, intervals between trains can be reduced to a minimum of 135 seconds, transporting up to 39,000 passengers per hour.[1] This results in an average of about 27 trains per hour on the Nangang Line during peak hours.

    History

    • 8 November 1990: The Nangang Section begins construction.

    • 30 December 1991: The Taipei Main Station western underground passageway opens.

    • 24 December 1993: Nangang Section construction at the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Shaoxing Rd. caves in, causes traffic jams.

    • 30 October 1998: Construction is completed on the tunnel between Kunyang and Houshanpi.

    • 24 December 1999: The segment from Taipei City Hall to Longshan Temple begins revenue service.

    • 31 August 2000: The segment from Longshan Temple to Xinpu begins revenue service.

    • 30 December 2000: The segment from Kunyang to Taipei City Hall begins revenue service.

    • 17 September 2001: Typhoon Nari floods many Nangang Section stations, rendering them nonoperational.

    • 29 November 2001: Typhoon-damaged Taipei Main Station re-opens for service.

    • 30 December 2003: The Nangang Section eastern extension to Nangang begins construction.

    • 17 November 2004: The Nangang Section eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center begins construction.

    • 27 May 2006: The segment from Banqiao to Tucheng opens for trial operations.

    • 31 May 2006: The segment from Xinpu to Yongning begins revenue service.

    • 16 May 2008: The Nangang Section eastern extension to Nangang begins trial service.

    • 25 December 2008: The Nangang Section eastern extension to Nangang begins revenue service.

    • February 27, 2011: The rest of the Nangang Section eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened for service.[2]

    • 21 May 2014: The 2014 Taipei Metro attack occurs between Longshan Temple and Jiangzicui when 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh attacked passengers with a fruit knife, leading to 4 deaths and 24 injuries.

    • 6 July 2015: The Tucheng Section extension to Dingpu Station begins revenue service, the final expansion of the line.

    • 28 September 2018, the semi-height platform doors installed in Tucheng Station, make all stations on this line and entire Taipei Metro system has a some form of platform doors

    Stations

    As of December 2017, the typical off-peak service is:

    • 8 trains per hour (tph) between Far Eastern Hospital and Kunyang

    • 7 tph between Dingpu and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

    ServicesCodeStation NameTransferLocationDistance (km)
    EnglishChinese
    ●BL23Nangang Exhibition Center南港展覽館(BR24)
    Keelung Light Rail*[planned]*    		Nangang, Taipei26.6
    ●BL22Nangang南港West Coast(097)
    (NAG/01)
    Keelung Light Rail*[planned]*    		25.5
    ●●BL21Kunyang昆陽24.2
    ●●BL20Houshanpi
    (Wufenpu Commercial Zone)    		後山埤
    (五分埔商圈)    		Nangang, Taipei
    Xinyi, Taipei    		22.9
    ●●BL19Yongchun永春Y[planned]Xinyi, Taipei22.0
    ●●BL18Taipei City Hall市政府21.1
    ●●BL17Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall國父紀念館Xinyi, Taipei
    Da'an, Taipei    		20.1
    ●●BL16Zhongxiao Dunhua忠孝敦化Da'an, Taipei19.6
    ●●BL15Zhongxiao Fuxing忠孝復興(BR10)18.8
    ●●BL14Zhongxiao Xinsheng
    (Natl Taipei Univ of Tech)    		忠孝新生
    (台北科大)    		(O07)Da'an, Taipei
    Zhongzheng, Taipei    		17.7
    ●●BL13Shandao Temple
    (Huashan)    		善導寺
    (華山)    		Zhongzheng, Taipei16.6
    ●●BL12Taipei main station台北車站(R10)
    West Coast(100)
    (TPE/02)
    300 m:Taoyuan Airport MRT(A1 Taipei)    		16.1
    ●●BL11Ximen西門(G12)Zhongzheng, Taipei
    Wanhua, Taipei    		14.6
    ●●BL10Longshan Temple
    (Bangka Commercial Zone)    		龍山寺
    (艋舺商圈)    		200 m: West Coast(101 Wanhua)Wanhua Taipei13.3
    ●●BL09Jiangzicui江子翠Banqiao, New Taipei10.2
    ●●BL08Xinpu新埔9.3
    ●●BL07Banqiao板橋West Coast(102)
    (BAQ/03)
    Y[2019]    		8.1
    ●●BL06Fuzhong
    (Lin Family Mansion and Garden)    		府中
    (林家花園)    		7.4
    ●●BL05Far Eastern Hospital亞東醫院6.0
    ●BL04Haishan海山Tucheng, New Taipei4.5
    ●BL03Tucheng土城LG[planned]3.0
    ●BL02Yongning永寧1.9
    ●BL01Dingpu頂埔Sanying Line*[2023]*0.0

    Route Map

    • Scroll to see whole map.

    References

    [1]
    Citation Linkwww.chinapost.com.tw"Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
    Sep 29, 2019, 4:33 AM
    [2]
    Citation Linkfocustaiwan.tw"MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
    Sep 29, 2019, 4:33 AM
    [3]
    Citation Linkwww.chinapost.com.tw"Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT"
    Sep 29, 2019, 4:33 AM
    [4]
    Citation Linkfocustaiwan.tw"MRT Nangang extension to start operations"
    Sep 29, 2019, 4:33 AM
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