Tamsui–Xinyi line

Tamsui–Xinyi line
Overview
Other name(s)	Red line
Type	High-capacity metro system
Status	In service
Locale	Metropolitan Taipei
Termini	Beitou, Tamsui Xiangshan
Stations	30
Services	Tamsui line, Xinbeitou branch line, Xinyi line
Operation
Opened	1997-03-28
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC)
Rolling stock	Kawasaki C301 and C381 stock
Technical
Line length	29.3 km (18.2 mi) (including Xinbeitou)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Tamsui Hongshulin Zhuwei Guandu Tunnel Guandu Zhongyi Fuxinggang Beitou Depot  Xinbeitou line to Xinbeitou Beitou Qiyan Qilian Shipai Mingde Zhishan  Circular line to Shuangxi Park Shilin  Circular line to Shilin District Office Jiantan Keelung River Sun Yat-sen Freeway Yuanshan  Xinzhuang line to Zhongshan Elementary School Minquan West Road Shuanglian  Songshan line to Songjiang Nanjing Zhongshan  Taoyuan Airport MRT to Sanchong  Nangang line to Ximen, Shandao Temple  Taipei Main  THSR to Zuoying, Nangang   TRA West Coast line to Fangliao, Keelung  NTU Hospital Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Through service to Xindian line  Xindian line to Guting Dongmen  Xinzhuang line to Guting Daan Park Jianguo Elevated Rd.  Wenshan line to Zhongxiao Fuxing Daan  Wenshan line to Technology Building Xinyi Anhe Taipei 101 / World Trade Center Xiangshan Xinyi Songde Zhongpo

The Tamsui–Xinyi or Red line (code R) is a line of Taipei Metro. It includes a total of 30 stations serving the Tamsui, Beitou, Shilin, Datong, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng, Daan, and Xinyi districts. At 29 km, it is the longest line of Taipei Metro.

The Tamsui section runs mostly along the former Tamsui railway line. There most of the tracks and stations have been renovated, except in the Zhongzheng district, where a new tunnel was constructed due to lack of surface right-of-way.

The Red line is a high-capacity metro system. Routes south of Yuanshan are underground; routes between Yuanshan and Beitou are elevated; routes between Beitou and Hongshulin are ground level; and Tamsui is elevated.

Da-An station Exit.4

History

A sign at Taipei main station in 2007. The line, then known as Tamsui and romanised as Danshui line, operated to Nanshijiao and Xindian.

For 15 years, trains operated between Tamsui and Xindian via the southern part of the current Songshan–Xindian line, making it the longest-serving former service of the system, followed closely by a service from Beitou to Xindian. With the completion of the current line sections, both services ended. Trains from the Tamsui run directly onto the Xinyi section.

• July 1988: Tamsui Line begins construction.
• 28 March 1997: Tamsui Line begins service from Tamsui to Zhongshan.
• 25 December 1997: The section from Zhongshan to Taipei main station begins service.
• 24 December 1998: The section from Taipei main station to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall begins service.
• 1 November 2002: Ground broken on Xinyi Line construction.^[1]
• 12 February 2010: Corridor approved by the Executive Yuan for the Xinyi line eastern extension.
• 15 July 2010: The last section of shield tunneling is completed, marking the completion of tunnel construction.^[2]
• 15 October 2013: The line completed its preliminary inspection.^[3]
• 24 November 2013: The section from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station to Xiangshan Station opened and began revenue service.^[4]

Rolling stock

Over the years, the Tamsui Line used different types of rolling stock. From the start, the line used C301 cars. In 1997, the C321 cars were introduced. In 2007-2013, the newest cars, the C371 and C381 cars were used, replacing some of the C301 and all C321 cars.

Services

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

• 8 trains per hour (tph) between Tamsui and Xiangshan
• 7 tph between Beitou and Daan

Services			Code	Station Name		Transfer	Distance (km)	Location
				English	Chinese
●			R28	Tamsui	淡水		28.3	Tamsui	New Taipei
●			R27	Hongshulin	紅樹林		26.2
●			R26	Zhuwei	竹圍		24.2
●			R25	Guandu	關渡		22.1	Tamsui Beitou	New Taipei Taipei
●			R24	Zhongyi	忠義		21.2	Beitou	Taipei
●			R23	Fuxinggang	復興崗		19.8
｜		●	R22A	Xinbeitou	新北投
●	●	●	R22	Beitou	北投		18.1
●	●		R21	Qiyan	奇岩		17.4
●	●		R20	Qili'an	唭哩岸		16.6
●	●		R19	Shipai (Veterans General Hospital)	石牌 (榮總)		15.3
●	●		R18	Mingde	明德		14.7
●	●		R17	Zhishan	芝山		13.8	Shilin
●	●		R16	Shilin	士林	Y  [planned]	12.7
●	●		R15	Jiantan	劍潭
●	●		R14	Yuanshan	圓山		10.0 (11.6 Jiantan)	Datong Zhongshan
●	●		R13	Minquan West Road	民權西路	(O11)	9.1
●	●		R12	Shuanglian (Mackay Memorial Hospital)	雙連 (馬偕紀念醫院)
●	●		R11	Zhongshan	中山	(G14)	7.9 (8.5 Shanglian)
●	●		R10	Taipei main station	台北車站	(BL12) 300 m:      Taoyuan Airport MRT (A1 Taipei) West Coast (100) (TPE/02)	7.1	Zhongzheng
●	●		R09	National Taiwan University Hospital	台大醫院		6.6
●	●		R08	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Nanmen)	中正紀念堂 (南門)	G10  LG  [2018]	5.5
●	●		R07	Dongmen	東門	(O06)	4.2	Zhongzheng Da'an
●	●		R06	Daan Park	大安森林公園		3.6	Da'an
●	●		R05	Daan	大安	(BR09)	2.7
●			R04	Xinyi Anhe	信義安和		1.7
●			R03	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿		0.7	Xinyi
●			R02	Xiangshan	象山		0.0
｜			R01	Guangci/Fengtian Temple（Zhongpo） [December 2022]	廣慈/奉天宮（中坡）		--

See also

• Xinbeitou Branch
• Taipei Rapid Transit System

References