Bannan line

Bannan line
Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Other name(s)	Blue Line
Locale	Taipei, Republic of China
Termini	Dingpu 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 C341 3 cars per set, 2 sets per train
History
Opened	24 December 1999
Technical
Line length	26.6 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail (750 volts DC)
Operating speed	80 km/h

Bannan line
Traditional Chinese	板南線
Simplified Chinese	板南线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bǎnnán Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	枋南線
Simplified Chinese	枋南线
Transcriptions Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Piông-nàm Sien
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	藍線
Simplified Chinese	蓝线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lán Xiàn Wade–Giles Lan2 Hsien4 Tongyong Pinyin Lán Siàn Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Làm Sien Southern Min Hokkien POJ Nâ Soàⁿ

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).

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 Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center but terminating at 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. 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.
• 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.

Stations

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

• 8 trains per hour (tph) between Far Eastern Hospital and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
• 7 tph between Dingpu and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

Services		Code	Station Name		Transfer	Location	Distance (km)
			English	Chinese
●	●	BL23	Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覽館	(BR24)	Nangang, Taipei	26.6
●	●	BL22	Nangang	南港	West Coast (097) (NAG/01)		25.5
●	●	BL21	Kunyang	昆陽			24.2
●	●	BL20	Houshanpi (Wufenpu Commercial Zone)	後山埤 (五分埔商圈)		Nangang, Taipei Xinyi, Taipei	22.9
●	●	BL19	Yongchun	永春		Xinyi, Taipei	22.0
●	●	BL18	Taipei City Hall	市政府			21.1
●	●	BL17	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall	國父紀念館	[planned]	Xinyi, Taipei Da'an, Taipei	20.1
●	●	BL16	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化		Da'an, Taipei	19.6
●	●	BL15	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興	(BR10)		18.8
●	●	BL14	Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl Taipei Univ of Tech)	忠孝新生 (台北科大)	(O07)	Da'an, Taipei Zhongzheng, Taipei	17.7
●	●	BL13	Shandao Temple (Huashan)	善導寺 (華山)		Zhongzheng, Taipei	16.6
●	●	BL12	Taipei main station	台北車站	(R10) West Coast (100) (TPE/02) 300 m:   Taoyuan Airport MRT (A1 Taipei)		16.1
●	●	BL11	Ximen	西門	(G12)	Zhongzheng, Taipei Wanhua, Taipei	14.6
●	●	BL10	Longshan Temple (Bangka Commercial Zone)	龍山寺 (艋舺商圈)	200 m: West Coast (101 Wanhua)	Wanhua Taipei	13.3
●	●	BL09	Jiangzicui	江子翠		Banqiao, New Taipei	10.2
●	●	BL08	Xinpu	新埔			9.3
●	●	BL07	Banqiao	板橋	West Coast (102) (BAQ/03) [2017]		8.1
●	●	BL06	Fuzhong (Lin Family Mansion and Garden)	府中 (林家花園)			7.4
●	●	BL05	Far Eastern Hospital	亞東醫院			6.0
●		BL04	Haishan	海山		Tucheng, New Taipei	4.5
●		BL03	Tucheng	土城	[2019]		3.0
●		BL02	Yongning	永寧			1.9
●		BL01	Dingpu	頂埔	Sanying Line[planned]		0.0

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