Bannan line

Bannan line
Bannan line
Traditional Chinese	板南線
Simplified Chinese	板南线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bǎnnán Xiàn
Banqiao–Nangang line
Traditional Chinese	板橋南港線
Simplified Chinese	板桥南港线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bǎnqiáo Nángǎng Xiàn
Blue line
Traditional Chinese	藍線
Simplified Chinese	蓝线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lán Xiàn
Wade–Giles	Lan2Hsien4
Tongyong Pinyin	Lán Siàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Làm Sien
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Nâ Soàⁿ

Bannan line
Bannan line
	C321 train bound for Nangang Exhib. Center at Far Eastern Hospital station
Overview
Other name	Blue line
Native name	板南線
Status	In service
Owner	Taipei DORTS
Line number	BL
Locale	Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan
Termini	Dingpu; Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center;
Stations	23
Color on map	Blue
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Taipei Metro
Services	Dingpu–Nangang Exhib. Center (full); Far Eastern Hospital–Kunyang (short-turn);
Operator	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
Depots	Nangang; Tucheng;
Rolling stock	C321; C341;
History
Opened	24 December 1999; 26 years ago
Last extension	2015
Technical
Line length	26.6 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Nangang
	Exhibition Center
	Zhongxiao Xinsheng
	Taipei Metro Zhonghe–Xinlu line
	Taipei Main Station
	Taipei Metro Zhonghe–Xinlu line
	Taipei Metro
	Songshan–Xindian line
	Taipei Metro
	Songshan–Xindian line
	Taipei
	New Taipei City
	Taiwan Railway West Coast line
	Taiwan High Speed Rail
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The Bannan line (Chinese: 板南線; also known as the Blue line) is a metro line of Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan, with a total of 23 stations serving the districts of Nangang, Xinyi, Daan, Zhongshan, Wanhua, Banqiao and Tucheng. The line's name is a portmanteau of "Banqiao" and "Nangang".

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 Kunyang to Far Eastern Hospital.

Due to Taipei City Hall being at the centre 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. This results in an average of about 27 trains per hour on the 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.
17 September 2001: Typhoon Nari floods many stations, rendering them nonoperational.
29 November 2001: 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.
21 May 2014: The 2014 Taipei Metro attack occurs between Longshan Temple and Jiangzicui when 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh attacks passengers with a knife, leading to 4 deaths and 24 injuries.
28 September 2018: Half-height platform edge doors are installed in Tucheng, making all stations on this line and the entire Taipei Metro system have some form of platform doors.

Stations

Bannan Line stations timeline
Date	Description	Remarks
24 December 1999	Taipei City Hall to Longshan Temple	Revenue service
31 August 2000	Longshan Temple to Xinpu
30 December 2000	Kunyang to Taipei City Hall
27 May 2006	Banqiao to Tucheng	Trial service
31 May 2006	Xinpu to Yongning	Revenue service
16 May 2008	Taipei Main Station to Nangang	Trial service
25 December 2008	Taipei Main Station to Nangang	Revenue service
27 February 2011	Nangang to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
6 July 2015	Yongning to Dingpu

Services

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

8 trains per hour between Far Eastern Hospital and Kunyang
7 trains per hour between Dingpu and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

Stations

Code	Station name	Station type		Locale		Sta. distance (km)		Opened date	Transfer
Code	Station name	Structure	Platform	Locale		Previous	Total	Opened date	Transfer
Bannan line
	Dingpu 頂埔	Underground	Island	Tucheng	New Taipei	N/a	0.00	2015-7-6	Sanying line
	Yongning 永寧					1.95	1.95	2006-5-31	N/a
	Tucheng 土城					1.11	3.06		Wanda–Shulin line
	Haishan 海山					1.47	4.53		N/a
	Far Eastern Hospital 亞東醫院			Banqiao		1.64	6.17		Taishan-Banqiao LRT
	Fuzhong 府中		Split			1.45	7.45		N/a
	Banqiao 板橋		Island			0.65	8.10		Circular line Western Trunk line Taiwan High Speed Rail
	Xinpu 新埔					1.28	9.38	2000-8-31	Circular line (Y17)
	Jiangzicui 江子翠					0.87	10.25	2000-8-31	N/a
	Longshan Temple 龍山寺			Wanhua	Taipei	3.08	13.33	1999-12-24	N/a
	Ximen 西門		Island/split	Zhongzheng		1.31	14.64		Songshan–Xindian line
	Taipei Main Station 台北車站		Island			1.35	15.99		Tamsui–Xinyi line Western Trunk line Taiwan High Speed Rail Taoyuan Airport MRT (A1)
	Shandao Temple 善導寺					0.68	16.67		N/a
	Zhongxiao Xinsheng 忠孝新生					0.94	17.61		Zhonghe–Xinlu line
	Zhongxiao Fuxing 忠孝復興			Daan		1.12	18.73		Wenhu line
	Zhongxiao Dunhua 忠孝敦化			Daan		0.67	19.40		N/a
	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 國父紀念館			Xinyi		0.73	20.13		Zhonghe-Guangfu line
	Taipei City Hall 市政府					0.84	20.97		N/a
	Yongchun 永春					0.99	21.96	2000-12-30	Circular line
	Houshanpi 後山埤			Nangang		0.82	22.78		N/a
	Kunyang 昆陽					1.36	24.14		N/a
	Nangang 南港					1.42	25.56	2008-12-25	Keelung MRT Western Trunk line Taiwan High Speed Rail
	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center 南港展覽館					1.09	26.65	2011-2-27	Wenhu line Keelung MRT

References

↑ "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
↑ "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
↑ "臺北捷運系統票價". 台北捷運公司 (TRTC) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via 政府資料開放平台 (Data.gov.tw).

External links

Official website

[1] "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 23 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[2] "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

[3] "臺北捷運系統票價". 台北捷運公司 (TRTC) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via 政府資料開放平台 (Data.gov.tw).