Line 2, Taipei Metro

Line 2, Taipei Metro
Overview
Type	High-capacity Metro System
Status	In Service
Locale	Metropolitan Taipei
Termini	Beitou, Tamsui Xiangshan
Stations	30
Services	Tamsui Line, Xinbeitou Branch Line, Xinyi Line
Operation
Opened	March 28, 1997
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC)
Rolling stock	Kawasaki C301, C371, C381 stock
Technical
Line length	32.3 km (20.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Line 2 (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) Tamsui Hongshulin Zhuwei Guandu Tunnel Guandu Zhongyi Fuxinggang Beitou Depot  Xinbeitou Branch Line to Xinbeitou Beitou Qiyan Qilian Shipai Mingde Zhishan  Circular Line to Shuangsi Park Shilin  Circular Line to Shilin District Office Jiantan Keelung River Sun Yat-Sen Fwy. Yuanshan  Xinzhuang Line to Zhongshan Elementary School Minquan West Road Shuanglian  Songshan Line to Songjiang Nanjing Zhongshan  Taoyuan Airport MRT to Sanchong  Nangang Line to Ximen, Shandao Temple  Taipei Main Station  THSR to Zuoying, Nangang   TRA Western Line to Fangliao, Keelung  NTU Hospital Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Through service to Xindian Line  Xindian Line to Guting Dongmen  Xinzhuang Line to Guting Daan Park Jianguo Elevated Rd.  Wenshan Line to Zhongxiao Fuxing Daan  Wenshan Line to Technology Building Xinyi Anhe Taipei 101/World Trade Center Xiangshan Xinyi Songde Zhongpo

Line 2, Taipei Metro
Traditional Chinese	二號線
Simplified Chinese	二号线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Èrhào Xiàn Wade–Giles Hung^2-Hsien^4 Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Âng-Soàⁿ
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	淡水信義線
Simplified Chinese	淡水信义线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dànshuǐ-Xìnyì Xiàn
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	紅線
Simplified Chinese	红线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hóng Xiàn Wade–Giles Hung^2-Hsien^4 Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Southern Min Hokkien POJ Âng-Soàⁿ

Line 2 of Taipei Metro (Tamsui-Xinyi Line or Red Line) comprises three sections: the Tamsui Section (formerly "Danshui"), the Xinbeitou Branch Section, and the Xinyi Section. It includes a total of 30 stations serving the Tamsui, Beitou, Shilin, Datong, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng, Daan, and Xinyi districts, stretching about 30 km long. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station borders the Tamsui Line and the Xinyi Line; north of the station is the Tamsui Line, south is the Xinyi Line.

The Tamsui Section, Xinyi Section, and Xinbeitou Branch Section are in revenue service. With the completion of the Xinyi Section in November 2013, metro trains travel from the Tamsui Section directly onto the Xinyi Section. Previously, Tamsui Section trains operated directly to the Xindian Section (Line 3) or the Zhonghe Section (Line 4).

The Tamsui Section runs mostly along the former Taiwan Railway Administration's Tamsui Section. There most of the tracks and stations have been renovated, except in the Zhongzheng district, where a new tunnel was constructed due to lack of surface right-of-way.

The Line 2 is a high-capacity metro system. Routes south of Yuanshan Station are underground; routes between Yuanshan Station and Beitou Station are elevated; routes between Beitou Station and Hongshulin Station are at-grade; and Tamsui Station is elevated.

Stations

The trains on Line 2 operate in three modes:

• Tamsui and Xinyi sections are connected:

[ Tamsui - Xiangshan ]

[ Beitou - Daan ].

• Xinbeitou Branch section: [ Beitou - Xinbeitou ].

Services			Code	Station Name		Section	Transfer	Location
				English	Chinese
●			R28	Tamsui	淡水	Tamsui		Tamsui	New Taipei
●			R27	Hongshulin	紅樹林
●			R26	Zhuwei	竹圍
●			R25	Guandu	關渡			Tamsui Beitou	New Taipei Taipei
●			R24	Zhongyi	忠義			Beitou	Taipei
●			R23	Fuxinggang	復興崗
｜		●	R22A	Xinbeitou	新北投	Xinbeitou
●	●	●	R22	Beitou	北投	Tamsui
●	●		R21	Qiyan	奇岩
●	●		R20	Qili'an	唭哩岸
●	●		R19	Shipai (Veterans General Hospital)	石牌 (榮總)
●	●		R18	Mingde	明德
●	●		R17	Zhishan	芝山			Shilin
●	●		R16	Shilin	士林		6  [planned]
●	●		R15	Jiantan	劍潭
●	●		R14	Yuanshan	圓山			Datong Zhongshan
●	●		R13	Minquan West Road	民權西路		4  (O11)
●	●		R12	Shuanglian	雙連
●	●		R11	Zhongshan	中山		3  (G14)
●	●		R10	Taipei Main Station	台北車站		5  (BL12)  Airport MRT  (2016) Western (100) (TPE/02)	Zhongzheng
●	●		R09	National Taiwan University Hospital	台大醫院
●	●		R08	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall	中正紀念堂		3  (G10)
●	●		R07	Dongmen	東門	Xinyi	4  (O06)	Zhongzheng Da'an
●	●		R06	Daan Park	大安森林公園			Da'an
●	●		R05	Daan	大安		1  (BR09)
●			R04	Xinyi Anhe	信義安和
●			R03	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿			Xinyi
●			R02	Xiangshan	象山
｜			R01	Zhongpo [December 2019]	中坡

See also

• Tamsui Line
• Xinyi Line
• Xinbeitou Branch
• Taipei Rapid Transit System