Tamsui–Xinyi line

Tamsui–Xinyi line
Tamsui–Xinyi line
Traditional Chinese	淡水信義線
Simplified Chinese	淡水信义线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dànshuǐ-Xìnyì Xiàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Tham-súi–Sin-ngi Sien
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tām-chúi Sìn-gī Soàⁿ
Red line
Traditional Chinese	紅線
Simplified Chinese	红线
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hóng Xiàn
Wade–Giles	Hung2 Hsien4
Tongyong Pinyin	Hóng Siàn
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Fùng Sien
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Âng Soàⁿ

Tamsui–Xinyi line
Tamsui–Xinyi line
	A C301 trainset for Xiangshan leaves Zhongyi; (Shot on August 14, 2025)
Overview
Other name	Red line
Native name	淡水信義線
Status	In service
Locale	Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan
Termini	Xiangshan, Daan; Tamsui, Beitou;
Stations	28
Color on map	Red
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Services	Tamsui–Xiangshan (full); Beitou–Daan (short-turn); Beitou–Xinbeitou (branch);
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	Beitou
Rolling stock	C301; C381;
History
Opened	28 March 1997 (Zhongshan–Tamsui); 25 December 1997 (Zhongshan-Taipei Main Station); 24 December 1998 (CKS Memorial Hall–Taipei Main Station); 24 November 2013 (Xiangshan–CKS Memorial Hall);
Technical
Line length	29.3 km (18.2 mi) (including Xinbeitou)
Character	Elevated and 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
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The Tamsui–Xinyi or Red line (code R) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro. It is named after the districts it connects: Tamsui and Xinyi. It includes a total of 28 stations serving the Tamsui, Beitou, Shilin, Datong, Zhongshan, Zhongzheng, Daan, and Xinyi districts. At 29 km (18 mi), it is currently the longest line of the Taipei Metro.

The line is split in to two parts, the Tamsui Line and the Xinyi Line.

The Tamsui Line section runs mostly along the former Tamsui railway line. Most of the tracks and stations have been renovated there, except in the Zhongzheng district, where a new tunnel was constructed due to a lack of surface right-of-way.

After Taipei Main Station, the line runs under Gongyuan Road and serves NTU Hospital station, then cuts through a handful of buildings and arrive at Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall station on Roosevelt Road.

The Xinyi Line mostly runs under Xinyi Road with the exception for the section between Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall station and Dongmen station, where the line runs through the garden of Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall.

The Red line is a high-capacity rapid transit system. The route and stations between and including Minquan West Road and Xiangshan are underground; the routes and stations between and including Yuanshan and Beitou are elevated; Xinbeitou station is elevated; the route and stations between and including Fuxinggang and Hongshulin are ground level; and Tamsui station is elevated.

It has connecting tracks to both the Songshan-Xindian Line and the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line.

History

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 13 year service from Beitou to Nanshijiao via the southern part of the current Zhonghe–Xinlu line. With the completion of Dongmen station, Xinyi Line, and Songshan Line, both services ended, placing the current form of the Tamsui–Xinyi line into effect.^{[citation needed]}

July 1988: Tamsui Line begins construction.
28 March 1997: Tamsui Line begins service from Tamsui to Zhongshan.^[1]
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. The section of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Guting on the Xindian line opened along with the Zhonghe line allowing trains from Tamsui to travel to Nanshijiao.
11 November 1999: The rest of the Xindian Line opened. Trains from Tamsui traveled to Xindian and the Zhonghe Line route was cut back to Beitou.
1 November 2002: Ground broken on Xinyi Line construction.^[2]
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.^[3]
29 September 2012: With the opening of Dongmen the last trains between Beitou and Nanshijiao were launched ending the through services; trains now operate between Nanshijiao and Huilong or Luzhou. A new shuttle service from Beitou to the Taipower Building was added temporarily until the Xinyi Line opened.
15 October 2013: Xinyi line completed its preliminary inspection.^[4]
23 November 2013: With the opening of the Xinyi line, the last trains of the Beitou-Taipower Building shuttle service were launched; trains operated between Beitou and Xiangshan and between Taipower Building and Ximen via the Xiaonanmen line.
24 November 2013: The section between Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Xiangshan opened and began revenue service.^[5]
14 November 2014: With the opening of the Songshan line, the last trains between Tamsui and Xindian were launched at 12:00 on November 15, 2014 ending the through services; trains now operate between Xindian or Taipower Building and Songshan and between Tamsui or Beitou^[a] and Daan^[a] or Xiangshan.
September 2019: With the platform gates at Fuxinggang Station (August 2018) put into operation, all platform gate projects on this route have been completed.^[6]
20 June 2019: The "Xinbeitou-Daan" shuttle service begins its trial operation. It is decided not to move forward with this service.^[7]

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

8 trains an hour between Tamsui and Xiangshan
7 trains an hour between Beitou and Daan

Stations

M - Main line
B - Branch Line


Services			Code	Station Name		Travel time to previous station (s)^[8]	Stop time at station (s)^[8]	Date opened	Transfers	Districts	City
M		B	Code	English	Chinese	Travel time to previous station (s)^[8]	Stop time at station (s)^[8]	Date opened	Transfers	Districts	City

●			R01	Guangci/Fengtian Temple	廣慈/奉天宮	—	—	Under construction; estimated to open in 2026		Xinyi
●			R02	Xiangshan	象山	71	—	2013-11-24			Taipei
●			R03	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿	93	30
●			R04	Xinyi Anhe	信義安和	81				Daan
●	●		R05	Daan	大安	81
●	●		R06	Daan Park	大安森林公園	70
●	●		R07	Dongmen	東門	65	35			Zhongzheng, Daan
●	●		R08	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall	中正紀念堂	165	35	1998-12-24	(under construction)	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
●	●		R11	Zhongshan	中山	65	30	1997-03-28		Datong, Zhongshan
●	●		R12	Shuanglian	雙連	58	25
●	●		R13	Minquan West Road	民權西路	57	35
●	●		R14	Yuanshan	圓山	90	25
●	●		R15	Jiantan	劍潭	109				Shilin
●	●		R16	Shilin	士林	92			(under construction)
●	●		R17	Zhishan	芝山	91
●	●		R18	Mingde	明德	76				Beitou
●	●		R19	Shipai	石牌	61
●	●		R20	Qilian	唭哩岸	100
●	●		R21	Qiyan	奇岩	73
●	●	●	R22	Beitou	北投	91
		●	R22A	Xinbeitou	新北投	157	—
●			R23	Fuxinggang	復興崗	145^[b]	25
●			R24	Zhongyi	忠義	109
●			R25	Guandu	關渡	78
●			R26	Zhuwei	竹圍	145				Tamsui	New Taipei
●			R27	Hongshulin	紅樹林	136
●			R28	Tamsui	淡水	175	—

Notes

^ ^a ^b Short-turn service
^ to Beitou

References

^ Taipei MRT 19970328 台北捷運通車試營運.mpg. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-04-06 – via www.youtube.com.
^ Sandy Huang (2002-11-02). "Ground broken on construction of Hsinyi MRT line". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
^ "捷運信義線隧道全線貫通達成重大工程里程碑". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
^ Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government (2013-10-15). "Preliminary Inspection of the Xinyi Line Completed". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
^ "Mayor: Xinyi Line to Provide Services November 24". Department of Information Technology, Taipei City Government. 2013-11-19. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
^ 自由時報電子報 (2018-09-30). "北捷117站月台門月底全數就定位 - 地方 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-04-06.
^ 自由時報電子報 (2019-09-14). "噪音超標北捷大安─新北投直通車不做了 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-04-06.
^ ^a ^b "臺北捷運系統相鄰兩站間之行駛時間、停靠站時間 | 政府資料開放平臺". data.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[fn1-6] Short-turn service

[10] to Beitou

[1] Taipei MRT 19970328 台北捷運通車試營運.mpg. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-04-06 – via www.youtube.com.

[2] Sandy Huang (2002-11-02). "Ground broken on construction of Hsinyi MRT line". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2009-08-15.

[3] "捷運信義線隧道全線貫通達成重大工程里程碑". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-06.

[4] Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government (2013-10-15). "Preliminary Inspection of the Xinyi Line Completed". Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

[5] "Mayor: Xinyi Line to Provide Services November 24". Department of Information Technology, Taipei City Government. 2013-11-19. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

[7] 自由時報電子報 (2018-09-30). "北捷117站月台門月底全數就定位 - 地方 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-04-06.

[8] 自由時報電子報 (2019-09-14). "噪音超標北捷大安─新北投直通車不做了 - 生活 - 自由時報電子報". news.ltn.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2024-04-06.

[time-9] "臺北捷運系統相鄰兩站間之行駛時間、停靠站時間 | 政府資料開放平臺". data.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

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v t e Taipei Metro lines
In operation	Wenhu line Tamsui–Xinyi line Xinbeitou branch line Songshan–Xindian line Xiaobitan branch line Zhonghe–Xinlu line Bannan line
Under construction	Tamsui–Xinyi line Guangci/Fengtian Temple extension Circular line South, North, East sections Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line
Planned	Minsheng–Xizhi line

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