Tamsui-Xinyi line

Tamsui–Xinyi line
Overview
Other name(s)	Red line
Status	In service
Locale	Metropolitan Taipei
Termini	Beitou, Tamsui Daan, Xiangshan
Stations	28
Service
Type	High-capacity metro system
Services	Tamsui line, Xinbeitou branch line, Xinyi line
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC)
Rolling stock	Kawasaki C301 and C381 stock
History
Opened	1997-03-28[a]
Technical
Line length	29.3 km (18.2 mi) (including Xinbeitou)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1&fras1;2 in)
Electrification	Third rail (750 volts DC)
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Danhai LRT R28 Tamsui R27 Hongshulin R26 Zhuwei Guandu Tunnel R25 Guandu R24 Zhongyi R23 Fuxinggang Beitou Depot R22A Xinbeitou (Xinbeitou line) R22 Beitou ( ) R21 Qiyan R20 Qilian R19 Shipai R18 Mingde R17 Zhishan ( ) R16 Shilin R15 Jiantan Keelung River Sun Yat-sen Freeway R14 Yuanshan ( ) R13 Minquan West Road R12 Shuanglian ( ) R11 Zhongshan ( A) ( ) ( West Coast line ) R10 Taipei Main Station ( ) R09 NTU Hospital R08 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Through service to Xindian line ( ) R07 Dongmen ( ) R06 Daan Park Jianguo Elevated Rd. ( ) R05 Daan R04 Xinyi Anhe R03 Taipei 101 / World Trade Center R02 Xiangshan R01 Guangci–Fengtian Temple

The Tamsui–Xinyi or Red line (code R) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Tamsui and Xinyi. It includes a total of 30 stations serving Tamsui, Beitou, Shilin, Datong, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng, Da'an, and Xinyi districts. At 29 km, it is the longest line of Taipei Metro.

The Tamsui section runs mostly along the former Tamsui railway line. 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 Red line is a high-capacity metro system. The route and stations between Yuanshan and Xiangshan are underground; the routes and station between Yuanshan and Beitou are elevated; the route and station between Beitou and Hongshulin are ground level; and Tamsui station is elevated.

History

A sign at Taipei main station in 2007. The line, then known as Tamsui and romanised as Danshui line, operated to Nanshijiao and Xindian.

For 15 years, trains operated between Tamsui and Xindian via the southern part of the current Songshan–Xindian line, making it the longest-serving former service of the system, followed closely by a service from Beitou to Xindian. With the completion of the current line sections, both services ended. Trains from the Tamsui run directly onto the Xinyi section.

• July 1988: Tamsui Line begins construction.
• 28 March 1997: Tamsui Line begins service from Tamsui to Zhongshan.
• 25 December 1997: The section from Zhongshan to Taipei main station begins service.
• 24 December 1998: The section from Taipei main station to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall begins service.
• 1 November 2002: Ground broken on Xinyi Line construction.^[1]
• 12 February 2010: Corridor approved by the Executive Yuan for the Xinyi line eastern extension.
• 15 July 2010: The last section of shield tunneling is completed, marking the completion of tunnel construction.^[2]
• 15 October 2013: The line completed its preliminary inspection.^[3]
• 24 November 2013: The section from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station to Xiangshan MRT station opened and began revenue service.^[4]

Rolling stock

Over the years, the Tamsui Line used different types of rolling stock. From the start, the line used C301 cars. In 1997, the C321 cars were introduced. In 2007-2013, the newest cars, the C371 and C381 cars were used, replacing some of the C301 and all C321 cars.

Services

As of December 2017, the typical off-peak service is:

• 8 trains per hour (tph) between Tamsui and Xiangshan
• 7 tph between Beitou and Daan

Stations

In operation

• M - Main line
• B - Branch Line

Services			Code	Station Name		Travel time to previous station (s)[5]	Stop time at station (s)[5]	Date opened	Transfers	Districts
M		B		English	Chinese
●			R01	Guangci–Fengtian Temple	廣慈·奉天宮			2022		Xinyi
●			R02	Xiangshan	象山	n/a	n/a	2013-11-24
●			R03	Taipei 101–World Trade Center	台北101·世貿	93	30	2013-11-24
●			R04	Xinyi Anhe	信義安和	81	30	2013-11-24		Daan
●	●		R05	Daan	大安	81	30	2013-11-24
●	●		R06	Daan Park	大安森林公園	70	30	2013-11-24
●	●		R07	Dongmen	東門	65	35	2013-11-24		Zhongzheng, Daan
●	●		R08	CKS Memorial Hall	中正紀念堂	165	35	1998-12-24	LG (planned)	Zhongzheng
●	●		R09	NTU Hospital	台大醫院	83	25	1998-12-24
●	●		R10	Taipei Main Station	台北車站	63	45	1997-12-25	A
●	●		R11	Zhongshan	中山	65	30	1997-03-28		Datong, Zhongshan
●	●		R12	Shuanglian	雙連	58	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R13	Minquan West Road	民權西路	57	35	1997-03-28
●	●		R14	Yuanshan	圓山	90	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R15	Jiantan	劍潭	109	25	1997-03-28		Shilin
●	●		R16	Shilin	士林	92	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R17	Zhishan	芝山	91	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R18	Mingde	明德	76	25	1997-03-28		Beitou
●	●		R19	Shipai	石牌	61	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R20	Qilian	唭哩岸	100	25	1997-03-28
●	●		R21	Qiyan	奇岩	73	25	1997-03-28
●	●	●	R22	Beitou	北投	91	25	1997-03-28	Xinbeitou
		●	R22A	Xinbeitou	新北投	157	n/a	1997-03-28
●			R23	Fuxinggang	復興崗	145[b]	25	1997-03-28
●			R24	Zhongyi	忠義	109	25	1997-03-28
●			R25	Guandu	關渡	78	25	1997-03-28
●			R26	Zhuwei	竹圍	145	25	1997-03-28		Tamsui
●			R27	Hongshulin	紅樹林	136	25	1997-03-28
●			R28	Tamsui	淡水	175	n/a	1997-03-28

See also

• Xinbeitou branch line

Notes

References