The Bannan line (; 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 .
Overview Service on this line is divided into a full-length service from Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center to , as well as a shorter service from Kunyang to .
Due to 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 begins construction. 17 November 2004: The Nangang section eastern extension to begins construction. 21 May 2014: The 2014 Taipei Metro attack occurs between Longshan Temple and 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 timelineDateDescriptionRemarks24 December 1999Taipei City Hall to Longshan TempleRevenue service31 August 2000Longshan Temple to Xinpu30 December 2000Kunyang to Taipei City Hall27 May 2006Banqiao to TuchengTrial service31 May 2006Xinpu to YongningRevenue service16 May 2008Taipei Main Station to NangangTrial service25 December 2008Revenue service27 February 2011Nangang to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center6 July 2015Yongning to Dingpu
Services
As of December 2017, the typical off-peak service is: 8 trains per hour between and 7 trains per hour between and
Stations Code Station name Station type Locale Sta. distance (km) Opened date Transfer Structure Platform Previous Total Bannan line Underground Island Tucheng New Taipei 0.00 2015-7-6 1.95 1.95 2006-5-31 1.11 3.06 1.47 4.53 Banqiao 1.64 6.17 Split 1.45 7.45 Island 0.65 8.10 1.28 9.38 2000-8-31 (Y17) 0.87 10.25 rowspan="2" Wanhua Taipei 3.08 13.33 1999-12-24 Island/split Zhongzheng 1.31 14.64 Taipei Main Station Island 1.35 15.99 (A1) 0.68 16.67 0.94 17.61 Daan 1.12 18.73 0.67 19.40 Xinyi 0.73 20.13 0.84 20.97 0.99 21.96 2000-12-30 Nangang 0.82 22.78 rowspan="2" 1.36 24.14 1.42 25.56 2008-12-25 1.09 26.65 2011-2-27
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