Nangang Line, Taipei Metro
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The Taipei Metro Nangang Line (Chinese: 南港線) is a high-capacity, underground rapid transit line on the Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan. It has 12 stations, is 12.5 km (7.8 mi)-long and runs east-west through downtown starting in Zhongzheng and ending in Nangang, Taipei. It is part of the Blue Line and connects to the Banqiao Line and onwards to the Tucheng Line.
Overview
The 1.5 km (0.93 mi) Nangang Eastern Extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center has been completed, with traveling time from Nangang Software Park to Taipei Main Station reduced from 34 minutes to 18 minutes.[1]
Due to Taipei City Hall Station being at the center 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.[2] This results in an average of about 27 trains per hour on the Nangang Line during peak hours
History
- December 24, 1999: The Taipei City Hall-Ximen segment began service.[3]
- December 30, 2000: The section between Taipei City Hall-Kunyang began service.[3]
- December 28, 2008: Nangang opened for commercial service.[3]
- February 27, 2011: Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened for commercial service.[4]
The Nangang Line Eastern Extension, which connects the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Station to the Neihu Line, was opened for service on February 27, 2010.
Stations
| Code | Station Name | Transfer | Location | |||
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| BL23 | Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center | 南港展覽館 | Wenhu | Nangang | Taipei | |
| BL22 | Nangang | 南港 |  Western Line.svg.png){kind=small} (TBD) | |||
| 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 | North-South (TBD) | Da'an | ||
| BL16 | Zhongxiao Dunhua | 忠孝敦化 | ||||
| BL15 | Zhongxiao Fuxing | 忠孝復興 | Wenhu | |||
| BL14 | Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.) | 忠孝新生 (台北科大) |
Zhonghe-Xinlu | Da'an Zhongzheng | ||
| BL13 | Shandao Temple | 善導寺 | Zhongzheng | |||
| BL12 | Taipei Main Station | 台北車站 | Tamsui-Xinyi Western Line Airport MRT (2015) | |||
| BL11 | Ximen | 西門 | Songshan-Xindian | Zhongzheng Wanhua | ||
| → Continues through Banqiao then Tucheng | ||||||
References
- ↑ "捷運系統南港東延段簡介" (PDF). Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ↑ "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
- 1 2 3 "Network: First Stage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ↑ "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
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