The Bannan or Blue line (code BL) is a metro line of Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan, with a total of 23 stations serving the districts of Nangang, Xinyi,

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, Zhongshan, Wanhua, Banqiao and

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. 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 to , as well as a shorter service from 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. * 24 December 1999: The segment from to begins revenue service. * 31 August 2000: The segment from Longshan Temple to begins revenue service. * 30 December 2000: The segment from to Taipei City Hall begins revenue service. * 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. * 27 May 2006: The segment from to opens for trial operations. * 31 May 2006: The segment from Xinpu to begins revenue service. * 16 May 2008: The Nangang section eastern extension to Nangang begins trial service. * 25 December 2008: The Nangang section eastern extension to Nangang begins revenue service. * 27 February 2011: The rest of the Nangang section eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened for service. * 21 May 2014: The

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occurs between Longshan Temple and when 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh attacked passengers with a fruit knife, leading to 4 deaths and 24 injuries. * 6 July 2015: The Tucheng Section extension to station begins revenue service, the final expansion of the line. * 28 September 2018: Half-height platform edge doors are installed in Tucheng, making all stations on this line and entire Taipei Metro system have some form of platform doors.

Services

As of December 2017, the typical off-peak service is: * 8 trains per hour (tph) between and * 7 tph between and

Stations

References

{{TRTS Blue Line 1999 establishments in Taiwan Railway lines opened in 1999 Taipei Metro