Nangang Line (Taipei Metro)

Nangang Line
Nangang Line 南港線
Zhongxiao Fuxing Station platform
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
Locale	Taipei, Republic of China
Termini	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Ximen
Stations	12
Operation
Opened	December 24, 1999
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit System
Character	Underground
Depot(s)	Nangang Depot
Technical
Line length	12.5 km (7.8 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
Route map Legend  Banqiao Line to Longshan Temple   Songshan Line to Beimen  Ximen  Xiaonanmen Line to Xiaonanmen   Taoyuan Airport MRT to Sanchong   Danshui Line to Zhongshan  Taipei Main StationTransfer to TRA, THSR  Danshui Line to NTU Hospital  Shandao Temple  Xinzhuang Line to Songjiang Nanjing  Zhongxiao Xinsheng  Xinzhuang Line to Dongmen   Wenshan Line to Nanjing East Road  Zhongxiao Fuxing  Wenshan Line to Daan  Zhongxiao Dunhua  North-South Line to Y36  Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall  North-South Line to Y38  Taipei City Hall Yongchun Houshanpi Kunyang Nangang Depot NangangTransfer to TRA, THSR  Neihu Line to Nangang Software Park  Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center

Nangang Line
Traditional Chinese	南港線
Simplified Chinese	南港线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nángǎng Xiàn Tongyong Pinyin Nángǎng-Siàn Wade–Giles Nan^2-kang^3-Hsien^4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Lâm-kóng-Sòaⁿ

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
	English	Chinese
BL18	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覽館	Wenhu Line	Nangang	Taipei
BL17	Nangang	南港	TRA Western Line Taiwan High Speed Rail (TBD)
BL16	Kunyang	昆陽
BL15	Houshanpi (Wufenpu Commercial Zone)	後山埤 (五分埔商圈)		Nangang Xinyi
BL14	Yongchun	永春		Xinyi
BL13	Taipei City Hall	市政府
BL12	Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall	國父紀念館	North-South Line (TBD)	Da'an
BL11	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化
BL10	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興	Wenhu Line
BL9	Zhongxiao Xinsheng (Natl. Taipei Univ. of Tech.)	忠孝新生 (台北科大)	Zhonghe-Xinlu Line	Da'an Zhongzheng
BL8	Shandao Temple	善導寺		Zhongzheng
BL7	Taipei Main Station	台北車站	Tamsui-XInyi Line TRA Western Line Taiwan High Speed Rail Airport MRT (2015)
BL6	Ximen	西門	Songshan-Xindian Line	Zhongzheng Wanhua
→ Continues through Banqiao Line then Tucheng Line

References

1. "捷運系統南港東延段簡介" (PDF). Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
2. "Taipei City promises faster New Year MRT". The China Post. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
3. "Network: First Stage". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
4. "MRT Nangang extension to start operations". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-24.