Line 5, (Taipei Metro)

Line 5,
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	Dingpu 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)
Number 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,
Traditional Chinese	五號線
Simplified Chinese	五号线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔhào Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	板南土城線
Simplified Chinese	板南土城线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bǎnnán-Tǔchéng Xiàn
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	藍線
Simplified Chinese	蓝线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lán Xiàn Wade–Giles Lan^2- Hsien^4 Tongyong Pinyin Lán-Siàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Nâ-Soàⁿ

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. It has 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

• 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.
• July 6, 2015: The Tucheng Section extension to Dingpu Station begins revenue service, the final expansion of the line.

Stations

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

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Dingpu

Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center - Far Eastern Hospital.

Services		Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
			English	Chinese
●	●	BL23	Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覽館	Nangang	1  (B11)	Nangang	Taipei
●	●	BL22	Nangang	南港		Western (097) (NAG/01)
●	●	BL21	Kunyang	昆陽
●	●	BL20	Houshanpi (Wufenpu Commercial Zone)	後山埤 (五分埔商圈)			Nangang Xinyi
●	●	BL19	Yongchun	永春			Xinyi
●	●	BL18	Taipei City Hall	市政府
●	●	BL17	Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall	國父紀念館		6  [planned]	Xinyi Da'an
●	●	BL16	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化			Da'an
●	●	BL15	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興		1  (BR10)
●	●	BL14	Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.)	忠孝新生 (台北科大)		4  (O07)	Da'an Zhongzheng
●	●	BL13	Shandao Temple	善導寺			Zhongzheng
●	●	BL12	Taipei Main Station	台北車站		2  (R10) Western (100) (TPE/02)  Airport MRT  [2016]
●	●	BL11	Ximen	西門	Banqiao	3  (G12)	Zhongzheng Wanhua
●	●	BL10	Longshan Temple	龍山寺			Wanhua
●	●	BL09	Jiangzicui	江子翠			Banqiao	New Taipei
●	●	BL08	Xinpu	新埔
●	●	BL07	Banqiao	板橋		Western (102) (BAQ/03)  6  [2017]
●	●	BL06	Fuzhong (Lin Family Mansion and Garden)	府中 (林家花園)	Tucheng
●	●	BL05	Far Eastern Hospital	亞東醫院
●		BL04	Haishan	海山			Tucheng
●		BL03	Tucheng	土城		7  [2019]
●		BL02	Yongning	永寧
●		BL01	Dingpu	頂埔		Minsheng-Xizhi [planned]

See also

• Tucheng Line
• Banqiao Line
• Nangang Line

References

1. "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.