Bannan line

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Bannan line
Ximen metro station, located in Ximending, Taipei
Overview
Other name(s)	Blue Line
Locale	Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan
Termini	Dingpu, Far Eastern Hospital Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Kunyang
Stations	23
Color on map	Blue
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Services	Dingpu–Nangang Exhib. Center (full) Far Eastern Hospital-Kunyang (short-turn)
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	Nangang Tucheng
Rolling stock	C321 C341
History
Opened	24 December 1999 (1999-12-24)
Technical
Line length	26.6 km (16.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Legend BL23 Nangang Exhib Center () (West Coast line ) BL22 Nangang () Nangang depot BL21 Kunyang BL20 Houshanpi BL19 Yongchun BL18 Taipei City Hall BL17 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall BL16 Zhongxiao Dunhua BL15 Zhongxiao Fuxing ( ) BL14 Zhongxiao Xinsheng () BL13 Shandao Temple BL12 Taipei Main Station () () (  ) ( ) BL11 Ximen ( ) BL10 Longshan Temple Wanhua Taipei New Taipei City Xindian River BL09 Jiangzicui ( ) Xinpu Minsheng BL08 Xinpu ( ) BL07 Banqiao BL06 Fuzhong ( West Coast line) ( ) BL05 Far Eastern Hospital Tucheng depot BL04 Haishan BL03 Tucheng BL02 Yongning BL01 Dingpu This diagram: view talk edit

The Bannan or Blue line (code BL) is a metro line of Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan, with a total of 23 stations serving the districts of Nangang, Xinyi, Daan, Zhongshan, Wanhua, Banqiao and Tucheng. The line's name is a portmanteau of Banqiao and Nangang.

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).