Taipei Metro Line 5

Taipei Metro Line 5
Line 5 (Bannan Line)
五號線(板南線)

Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
Overview
Other name(s) Bannan Line, Bannan-Tucheng Line, Blue Line
Type Rapid transit
Locale Taipei, Republic of China
Termini Yongning
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Stations 23
Operation
Opened 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 12 in)
Electrification Third rail (750 volts DC)
Operating speed 80 km/h
Taipei Metro Line 5
Traditional Chinese 五號線
Simplified Chinese 五号线
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 板南土城線
Simplified Chinese 板南土城线
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 藍線
Simplified Chinese 蓝线

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

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.

History

Stations

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Dingpu
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Far Eastern Hospital.
ServicesCodeStation NameSectionTransferLocation
EnglishChinese
BL18Nangang Exhibition Center南港展覽館 Nangang 1 (B11) NangangTaipei
BL17Nangang南港 TRA Western (097)
THSR [2015]
BL16Kunyang昆陽
BL15Houshanpi
(Wufenpu Commercial Zone)
後山埤
(五分埔商圈)
Nangang
Xinyi
BL14Yongchun永春 Xinyi
BL13Taipei City Hall市政府
BL12Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall國父紀念館 Yellow [planned] Xinyi
Da'an
BL11Zhongxiao Dunhua忠孝敦化 Da'an
BL10Zhongxiao Fuxing忠孝復興 1 (BR4)
BL9Zhongxiao Xinsheng
(Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.)
忠孝新生
(台北科大)
4 (O13) Da'an
Zhongzheng
BL8Shandao Temple善導寺 Zhongzheng
BL7Taipei Main Station台北車站 2 (R13)
TRA Western (100)
THSR (TPE/02)
Airport [2015]
BL6Ximen西門 Banqiao 3 (G13) Zhongzheng
Wanhua
BL5Longshan Temple龍山寺 Wanhua
BL4Jiangzicui江子翠 BanqiaoNew Taipei
BL3Xinpu新埔
BL2Banqiao板橋 TRA Western (102)
THSR (BAQ/03)
Yellow [2017]
BL1Fuzhong
(Lin Family Mansion and Garden)
府中
(林家花園)
Tucheng
BL40Far Eastern Hospital亞東醫院
BL39Haishan海山 Tucheng
BL38Tucheng土城 Wanda-Zhonghe-Shulin [2019]
BL37Yongning永寧
BL36Dingpu 頂埔 Sanying [planned]

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taipei Metro Blue Line.
  1. "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
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