Taipei Metro Line 2

Taipei Metro Line 2
Line 2 (Tamsui-Xinyi Line) 二號線（淡水信義線）
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)

Taipei Metro Line 2
Traditional Chinese	二號線
Simplified Chinese	二号线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Èrhào Xiàn Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Wade–Giles Hung^2-Hsien^4 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 Tongyong Pinyin Hóng-Siàn Wade–Giles Hung^2-Hsien^4 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 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
●			R33	Tamsui	淡水	Tamsui		Tamsui	New Taipei
●			R32	Hongshulin	紅樹林
●			R31	Zhuwei	竹圍
●			R30	Guandu	關渡			Beitou	Taipei
●			R29	Zhongyi	忠義
●			R28	Fuxinggang	復興崗
｜		●	R27	Xinbeitou	新北投	Xinbeitou
●	●	●	R26	Beitou	北投	Tamsui
●	●		R25	Qiyan	奇岩
●	●		R24	Qili'an	唭哩岸
●	●		R23	Shipai (Veterans General Hospital)	石牌 (榮總)
●	●		R22	Mingde	明德
●	●		R21	Zhishan	芝山			Shilin
●	●		R20	Shilin	士林		Yellow [planned]
●	●		R18A	Jiantan	劍潭
●	●		R17	Yuanshan	圓山			Datong Zhongshan
●	●		R16	Minquan West Road	民權西路		4 (O9)
●	●		R15	Shuanglian	雙連
●	●		R14	Zhongshan	中山		3 (G16)
●	●		R13	Taipei Main Station	台北車站		5 (BL7) Airport (2015) TRA Western (100) THSR (TPE/02)	Zhongzheng
●	●		R12	National Taiwan University Hospital	台大醫院
●	●		R11	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall	中正紀念堂		3 (G11)
●	●		R10	Dongmen	東門	Xinyi	4 (O14)	Zhongzheng Da'an
●	●		R9	Daan Park	大安森林公園			Da'an
●	●		R8	Daan	大安		1 (BR5)
●			R7	Xinyi Anhe	信義安和
●			R6	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿			Xinyi
●			R5	Xiangshan	象山
｜			R3	Zhongpo [December 2019]	中坡

See also

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