Bannan Line / BL / 5 | |
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Blue Line Platform at Taipei Main Station
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 五号线 | ||||||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 板南土城線 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 板南土城线 | ||||||||||||||
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Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 藍線 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 蓝线 | ||||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔhào Xiàn |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Bǎnnán-Tǔchéng Xiàn |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Lán Xiàn |
Wade–Giles | Lan2- Hsien4 |
Tongyong Pinyin | Lán-Siàn |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Nâ-Soàⁿ |
Line BL of Taipei Metro (Bannan Line or Blue Line or Line 5) 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).
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.