Bannan line

Service on this line is divided into a full-length service from to , as well as a shorter service from to . Due to being at the centre of the Taipei 101 New Year's festivities, intervals between trains can be reduced to a minimum of 135 seconds, transporting up to 39,000 passengers per hour. This results in an average of about 27 trains per hour on the line during peak hours. == History ==

• 8 November 1990: The Nangang section begins construction. • 30 December 1991: The Taipei Main Station 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. • 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. • 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 knife, leading to 4 deaths and 24 injuries. • 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. Stations == Services ==

As of December 2017, the typical off-peak service is: • 8 trains per hour (tph) between and • 7 tph between and == Stations ==