The Taipei Metro Xindian Line is an underground high-capacity line. The 11.2 km (7 mi)-route has 10 stations (including the partially elevated Xiaobitan Branch Line

Xiaobitan Branch Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian (Sindian) Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of...

) and is part of the Green Line

Green Line (TRTS)

The Green Line is four lines of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, the Songshan Line, the Xiaonammen Line, the Xindian Line, and the Xiaobitan Branch Line. With the completion of the Songshan Line in 2013, trains currently travelling from Xindian onto the Tamsui Line will be switched onto the...

. The line follows the route of the former TRA

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

 Xindian Line

Xindian Line (TRA)

The Xindian Line is a non-operational Taiwanese railroad branch line, located in Taipei City and New Taipei City and operated by the Taiwan Railway Administration . It connected the city of Taipei with Xindian District in New Taipei.- History :...

, which ceased service in 1965. It serves the areas of Xindian

Xindian

Xindian District is a district in the southern part of New Taipei City in northern Republic of China .- History :Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others came from Quanzhou, Fujian Province...

, Jingmei

Jingmei

Jingmei is a neighborhood in Taipei City. Formerly an administrative district, in 1990 it merged with Muzha into Wenshan District.Jingmei is located south of Taipei Main Station, the city's main transportation hub. Jingmei is known for its locally famous night market...

, Gongguan

Gongguan

Gongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...

, and Ximen

Ximen Station

The Taipei Metro Ximen Station is located between the Zhongzheng and Wanhua districts in Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a transfer station on the Nangang Line, Banqiao Line, and Xiaonanmen Line...

.

History

• January 1991: Construction began on the Xindian Line.
• December 24, 1998: The segment from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
  The Taipei Metro Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer station on the Tamsui Line and the Xindian/Xiaonanmen Branch Lines...
  
  -Guting
  Guting Station
  The Taipei Metro Guting Station is located in the Zhongzheng and Daan districts in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an interchange station with Xindian Line, Zhonghe Line, and the Xinzhuang Line ....
  
   opened for service.
• November 11, 1999: The rest of the line opened for service.
• August 31, 2000: The segment from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
  The Taipei Metro Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer station on the Tamsui Line and the Xindian/Xiaonanmen Branch Lines...
  
  -Ximen
  Ximen Station
  The Taipei Metro Ximen Station is located between the Zhongzheng and Wanhua districts in Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a transfer station on the Nangang Line, Banqiao Line, and Xiaonanmen Line...
  
   opened for service (as the Xiaonanmen Line).
• September 29, 2004: The Xiaobitan Branch Line opened for service.

Rolling stock

Over the years, three kinds of rolling stock were used on this line, as well as on the through services between Xindian and Tamsui. The first fleet of trains were the C301 cars. In 1997, C341 cars were added to the fleet. In 2007, a fleet of C371 cars replaced most of the original set.

Stations

Code	|Station Name	|Transfer	Location
	English	Chinese Chinese language The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
Xindian Line
→ Continues through to the ■Tamsui Line Planned connection to the ■Xiaonanmen Line and Songshan Line Songshan Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Songshan Line is a high-capacity underground metro line currently under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an extension of the Xindian Line. When completed, it will help ease congestion on the east-west Nangang Line....
G11	Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station The Taipei Metro Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer station on the Tamsui Line and the Xindian/Xiaonanmen Branch Lines...	中正紀念堂	■Tamsui/Xinyi Line Xinyi Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Xinyi Line is a high-capacity, rapid transit line currently under construction. It is the extension of the Tamsui Line and part of the Red Line. Upon completion, the line will alleviate congestion on the Nangang Line by providing another east-west route through the Xinyi District...	Zhongzheng	Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
G10	Guting Guting Station The Taipei Metro Guting Station is located in the Zhongzheng and Daan districts in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an interchange station with Xindian Line, Zhonghe Line, and the Xinzhuang Line ....	古亭	■Zhonghe Zhonghe Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Zhonghe Line is a high-capacity, underground line and is part of the Orange Line. The 5.4 km route has 5 stations and runs from Nanshijiao and passes beneath the Xindian River into Taipei and terminates on the Xindian Line at Guting.... /Xinzhuang Line Xinzhuang Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Xinzhuang Line is a high-capacity underground extension of the Zhonghe Line on the Taipei Metro currently under construction in Taiwan. As of September 2010, it is 91.81% complete...	Zhongzheng Da'an
G9	Taipower Building Taipower Building Station The Taipei Metro Taipower Building Station is a station on the Xindian Line located on the border of Zhongzheng and Daan districts in Taipei, Taiwan.-Station overview:The two-level, underground station has an island platform and five exits....	台電大樓
G7	Gongguan Gongguan Station The Taipei Metro Gongguan Station is located in the Gongguan area, between the Zhongzheng and Daan districts, in Taipei City, Taiwan. National Taiwan University, the highest academy of Taiwan, is close to the station.-Station overview:... (National Taiwan University National Taiwan University National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,... )	公館 (台灣大學)
G6	Wanlong Wanlong Station The Taipei Metro Wanlong Station is a station on the Xindian Line located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was a former station of now-defunct Xindian Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration.-Station overview:...	萬隆		Wenshan Wenshan District Wenshan District is the southernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City. The district was formed in 1990 by combining Jingmei and Muzha. Wenshan previously referred to the region south of Taipei Basin .- Culture :...
G5	Jingmei Jingmei Station The Taipei Metro Jingmei Station is located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Xindian Line.-Station overview:This two-level, underground station has an island platform and three exits.-Station layout:-Exits:...	景美
G4	Dapinglin Dapinglin Station The Taipei Metro Dapinglin Station is located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on the Xindian Line and will also become a transfer station with the Circular Line when construction is completed in 2015.-Station overview:...	大坪林	■Circular Line Circular Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Circular Line is an elevated, medium-capacity rapid transit in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan. It is currently under construction with the first section scheduled to open in 2015...	Xindian	New Taipei
G3	Qizhang Qizhang Station The Taipei Metro Qizhang Station is a station on the Xindian Line located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is a transfer and terminus of the Xiaobitan Branch Line.-Station overview:...	七張	■Xiaobitan Branch Line Xiaobitan Branch Line (TRTS) The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian (Sindian) Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of...
G2	Xindian District Office	新店區公所
G1	Xindian Xindian Station The Taipei Metro Xindian Station is the southern terminus of the Xindian Line located in Xindian District, New Taipei, Taiwan.-Station overview:...	新店

Future Expansion

With the completion of the Songshan Line

Songshan Line (TRTS)

The Taipei Metro Songshan Line is a high-capacity underground metro line currently under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an extension of the Xindian Line. When completed, it will help ease congestion on the east-west Nangang Line....

 in 2013, trains will connect to the Songshan Line (instead of the Tamsui Line) via the Xiaonanmen Line.

See also

• Songshan Line
  Songshan Line (TRTS)
  The Taipei Metro Songshan Line is a high-capacity underground metro line currently under construction in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an extension of the Xindian Line. When completed, it will help ease congestion on the east-west Nangang Line....
  
  
• Xiaonanmen Line
• Xiaobitan Branch Line
  Xiaobitan Branch Line (TRTS)
  The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of the Xindian (Sindian) Line The Taipei Metro Xiaobitan Branch Line is a high-capacity, elevated branch line of...