Bannan line

Bannan line
Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Other name(s) Blue Line
Type Rapid transit
Locale Taipei, Republic of China
Termini Dingpu
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Stations 23
Operation
Opened 24 December 1999
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
Character Underground
Depot(s) Nangang Depot, Tucheng Depot
Rolling stock Siemens C321 and C341
3 cars per set, 2 sets per train
Technical
Line length 26.6 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks 2
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
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

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.[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.

Stations

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

ServicesCodeStation NameTransferLocation Distance (km)
EnglishChinese
●●BL23Nangang Exhibition Center南港展覽館 (BR24) Nangang, Taipei26.6
●●BL22Nangang南港 Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast (097)
Taiwan High Speed Rail (NAG/01)		 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 Xinyi, Taipei 22.0
●●BL18Taipei City Hall市政府 21.1
●●BL17Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall國父紀念館  Y  [planned] Xinyi, Taipei
Da'an, Taipei		 20.1
●●BL16Zhongxiao Dunhua忠孝敦化 Da'an, Taipei 19.6
●●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, Taipei 16.6
●●BL12Taipei main station台北車站 (R10)
Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast (100)
Taiwan High Speed Rail (TPE/02)
300 m: Taoyuan Metro     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: Taiwan Railways AdministrationWest Coast (101 Wanhua) Wanhua Taipei 13.3
●●BL09Jiangzicui江子翠 Banqiao, New Taipei10.2
●●BL08Xinpu新埔 9.3
●●BL07Banqiao板橋 Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast (102)
Taiwan High Speed Rail (BAQ/03)
 Y  [2017]		 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 Taipei 4.5
●BL03Tucheng土城  LG  [2019] 3.0
●BL02Yongning永寧 1.9
●BL01Dingpu頂埔 Sanying Line[planned] 0.0

Route Map

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References

  1. ↑ "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  2. ↑ "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
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