Bannan line

Taipei Metro Blue Line 台北捷運藍線
Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Locale	Taipei, Republic of China
Termini	Yongning Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Stations	23
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Depot(s)	Nangang Depot, Tucheng Depot
Rolling stock	Siemens C321 and 341, Kawasaki C371 3 cars per set, 2 sets per train
History
Opened	December 24, 1999
Technical
Line length	28.2 km (17.5 mi)
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h

Bannan line
Traditional Chinese	藍線
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lán-Xiàn Wade–Giles Lan2- Hsien4 Tongyong Pinyin Lán-Siàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Nâ-Soàⁿ

The Taipei Metro Blue Line is a high-capacity rapid transit line comprises three lines: the Nangang Line, the Banqiao Line, and the Tucheng Line. The lines are divided at Ximen Station and Fuzhong Station, and offer through traffic to one another. When fully completed, it will have a total of 23 stations serving the Nangang, Xinyi, Daan, Zhonghsan, and Wanhua districts, as well as into the New Taipei districts of Banqiao and Tucheng.

The Banqiao and Nangang Lines are collectively called the Bannan Line. 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).

Overview

Current services terminate at Yongning and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Dingpu is currently under construction and will become the other terminus of the line (replacing Yongning) when it is completed. It is expected to be operational in 2014.

While current services run the full-length line from Yongning to Nangang, a shorter route from Far Eastern Hospital to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center is being run during rush hour traffic.

History

• November 8, 1990: The Nangang Line begins construction.
• December 30, 1991: The Taipei Main Station western underground passageway opens.
• December 24, 1993: Nangang Line construction at the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Shaoxing Rd. caves in, causes traffic jams.
• October 30, 1998: Construction is completed on the tunnel between Kunyang and Houshanpi.
• December 24, 1999: The segment from Taipei City Hall to Longshan Temple begins revenue service.
• August 31, 2000: The segment from Longshan Temple to Xinpu begins revenue service.
• December 30, 2000: The segment from Kuknyang to Taipei City Hall begins revenue service.
• September 17, 2001: Typhoon Nari floods many Nangang Line stations, rendering them nonoperational.
• November 29, 2001: Typhoon-damaged Taipei Main Station re-opens for service.
• December 30, 2003: The Nangang Line eastern extension to Nangang begins construction.
• November 17, 2004: The Nangang Line eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center begins construction.
• May 27, 2006: The segment from Banqiao to Tucheng opens for trial operations.
• May 31, 2006: The segment from Xinpu to Yongning begins revenue service.
• May 16, 2008: The Nangang Line eastern extension to Nangang begins trial service.
• December 25, 2008: The Nangang Line eastern extension to Nangang begins revenue service.
• February 27, 2011: The rest of the Nangang Line eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened for service.

Planned dates

• July 2014: The Tucheng Line extension to Dingpu Station will begin revenue service.

Stations

Line	Code	Station Name		Transfer	Location
		English	Chinese
Blue Line
Nangang Line	BL18	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覽館	■ Neihu Line	Nangang	Taipei
	BL17	Nangang	南港	TRA Western Line: Nangang Taiwan High Speed Rail: Nangang
	BL16	Kunyang	昆陽
	BL15	Houshanpi (Wufenpu Commercial Zone)	後山埤 (五分埔商圈)		Nangang Xinyi
	BL14	Yongchun	永春		Xinyi
	BL13	Taipei City Hall	市政府
	BL12	Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall	國父紀念館	■North South Line	Xinyi Da'an
	BL11	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化		Da'an
	BL10	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興	■ Wenshan Line
	BL9	Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.)	忠孝新生 (台北科大)	■ Xinzhuang Line	Da'an Zhongzheng
	BL8	Shandao Temple	善導寺		Zhongzheng
	BL7	Taipei Main Station	台北車站	■ Tamsui Line TRA Western Line: Taipei Taiwan High Speed Rail: Taipei Taoyuan Airport MRT: Taipei (2014)
	BL6	Ximen	西門	■ Xiaonanmen Line ■ Songshan Line (2013)	Zhongzheng Wanhua
Banqiao Line
	BL5	Longshan Temple	龍山寺		Wanhua
	BL4	Jiangzicui	江子翠		Banqiao	New Taipei
	BL3	Xinpu	新埔
	BL2	Banqiao	板橋	TRA Western Line: Banqiao Taiwan High Speed Rail: Banciao ■ Circular Line (2015)
	BL1	Fuzhong	府中
Tucheng Line
	BL40	Far Eastern Hospital	亞東醫院
	BL39	Haishan	海山		Tucheng
	BL38	Tucheng	土城	■ Wanda-Shulin Line (2020)
	BL37	Yongning	永寧
	BL36	Dingpu	頂埔	■ Sanying Line

See also

• Tucheng Line
• Banqiao Line
• Nangang Line