Taipei Metro Line 5

Line 5 (Bannan Line) 五號線（板南線）
Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Other name	Bannan Line, Bannan-Tucheng Line, Blue Line
Type	Rapid transit
Locale	Taipei, Republic of China
Termini	Yongning Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Stations	23
Operation
Opening	December 24, 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	28.2 km (17.5 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

Line 5 of Taipei Metro (Bannan Line or Blue Line) is a high-capacity rapid transit line comprises three sections: Nangang Section, Banqiao Section, and Tucheng Section. 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 Sections 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 2015.

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 Section begins construction.
• December 30, 1991: The Taipei Main Station western underground passageway opens.
• December 24, 1993: Nangang Section 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 Kunyang to Taipei City Hall begins revenue service.
• September 17, 2001: Typhoon Nari floods many Nangang Section stations, rendering them nonoperational.
• November 29, 2001: Typhoon-damaged Taipei Main Station re-opens for service.
• December 30, 2003: The Nangang Section eastern extension to Nangang begins construction.
• November 17, 2004: The Nangang Section 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 Section eastern extension to Nangang begins trial service.
• December 25, 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.^[1]
• May 21, 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.

Planned dates

• February 2015: The Tucheng Section extension to Dingpu Station will begin revenue service.

Stations

• Nangang, Banqiao, and Tucheng Sections connect through to each other. Service routes are divided into:

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Yongning

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Far Eastern Hospital.

Operation		Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
			English	Chinese
●	●	BL18	Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覽館	Nangang	1 (B11)	Nangang	Taipei
●	●	BL17	Nangang	南港		TRA Western (097) THSR [2015]
●	●	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		Yellow [planned]	Xinyi Da'an
●	●	BL11	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化			Da'an
●	●	BL10	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興		1 (BR4)
●	●	BL9	Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.)	忠孝新生 (台北科大)		4 (O13)	Da'an Zhongzheng
●	●	BL8	Shandao Temple	善導寺			Zhongzheng
●	●	BL7	Taipei Main Station	台北車站		2 (R13) TRA Western (100) THSR (TPE/02) Airport [2015]
●	●	BL6	Ximen	西門	Nangang/Banqiao	3 (G13)	Zhongzheng Wanhua
●	●	BL5	Longshan Temple	龍山寺	Banqiao		Wanhua
●	●	BL4	Jiangzicui	江子翠			Banqiao	New Taipei
●	●	BL3	Xinpu	新埔
●	●	BL2	Banqiao	板橋		TRA Western (102) THSR (BAQ/03) Yellow [2017]
●	●	BL1	Fuzhong (Lin Family Mansion and Garden)	府中 (林家花園)	Banqiao/Tucheng Line
●	●	BL40	Far Eastern Hospital	亞東醫院	Tucheng
●		BL39	Haishan	海山			Tucheng
●		BL38	Tucheng	土城		Wanda-Zhonghe-Shulin [2019]
●		BL37	Yongning	永寧
		BL36	Dingpu [February 2015]	頂埔		Sanying [planned]

See also

• Tucheng Line
• Banqiao Line
• Nangang Line

References

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