Nangang Line (Taipei Metro)

Nangang Line
南港線

Taipei City Hall Station platform
Overview
Type Rapid transit
Locale Taipei, Republic of China
Termini Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Ximen
Stations 12
Operation
Opened December 24, 1999
Operator(s) Taipei Rapid Transit System
Character Underground
Depot(s) Nangang Depot
Technical
Line length 12.5 km (7.8 mi)
No. 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
Route map
Legend
  Banqiao Line to Longshan Temple 
 Songshan Line to Beimen 
Ximen
 Xiaonanmen Line to Xiaonanmen 
 Taoyuan Airport MRT to Sanchong 
 Danshui Line to Zhongshan 
Taipei Main Station Transfer to TRA, THSR
 Danshui Line to NTU Hospital 
Shandao Temple
 Xinzhuang Line to Songjiang Nanjing 
Zhongxiao Xinsheng
 Xinzhuang Line to Dongmen 
 Wenshan Line to Nanjing East Road 
Zhongxiao Fuxing
 Wenshan Line to Daan 
Zhongxiao Dunhua
 North-South Line to Y36 
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
 North-South Line to Y38 
Taipei City Hall
Yongchun
Houshanpi
Kunyang
Nangang Depot
Nangang Transfer to TRA, THSR
 Neihu Line to Nangang Software Park 
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Nangang Line (Taipei Metro)
Traditional Chinese 南港線

The Taipei Metro Nangang Line (Chinese: 南港線) is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is 12.5 km (7.8 mi)-long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei. It is part of the Blue Line and connects to the Banqiao Line and onwards to the Tucheng Line.

Contents

Overview

The 1.5 km (0.93 mi) Nangang Eastern Extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center is currently under construction, with the segment to Nangang already complete. When the Eastern Extension is completed, traveling time from Nangang Software Park to Taipei Main Station will be reduced from 34 minutes to 18 minutes.[1]

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.[2]

History

The Nangang Line Eastern Extension, which connects the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station to the Neihu Line, was opened for service on February 27, 2010.

Stations

Code Station Name Transfer Location
English Chinese
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
→ Continues through to the ■Banqiao Line

References

  1. ^ "捷運系統南港東延段簡介". Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2009-07-04. http://www.dorts.gov.tw/public/Attachment/9101511111652.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-19. 
  2. ^ "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 2010-12-23. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2010/12/23/284807/Taipei-City.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  3. ^ a b c "Network: First Stage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-18. http://english.dorts.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=205657&ctNode=19582&mp=115002. Retrieved 2010-06-12. 
  4. ^ "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201102240036&Type=aLIV. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
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