Bannan line

Overview

History

• 8 November 1990: The Nangang section begins construction.
• 30 December 1991: The western underground passageway opens.
• 24 December 1993: Nangang section construction at the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd and Shaoxing Rd caves in, causes traffic jams.
• 30 October 1998: Construction is completed on the tunnel between Kunyang and Houshanpi.
• 24 December 1999: The segment from to begins revenue service.
• 31 August 2000: The segment from Longshan Temple to begins revenue service.
• 30 December 2000: The segment from to Taipei City Hall begins revenue service.
• 17 September 2001: Typhoon Nari floods many stations, rendering them nonoperational.
• 29 November 2001: Taipei Main Station re-opens for service.
• 30 December 2003: The Nangang section eastern extension to begins construction.
• 17 November 2004: The Nangang section eastern extension to begins construction.
• 27 May 2006: The segment from to opens for trial operations.
• 31 May 2006: The segment from Xinpu to begins revenue service.
• 16 May 2008: The Nangang section eastern extension to Nangang begins trial service.
• 25 December 2008: The Nangang section eastern extension to Nangang begins revenue service.
• February 27, 2011: The rest of the Nangang section eastern extension to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened for service.
• 21 May 2014: The 2014 Taipei Metro attack occurs between Longshan Temple and when 21-year-old university student Cheng Chieh attacked passengers with a fruit knife, leading to 4 deaths and 24 injuries.
• 6 July 2015: The Tucheng Section extension to Dingpu Station begins revenue service, the final expansion of the line.
• 28 September 2018: Half-height platform edge doors are installed in Tucheng, making all stations on this line and entire Taipei Metro system have some form of platform doors.

  Services

• 8 trains per hour between and
• 7 tph between and

  Stations