Taipei Metro
| Taipei Metro | |
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| Overview | |
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| Owner | Taipei City Government |
| Area served | Taipei, New Taipei |
| Locale | Taipei metropolitan area, Taiwan |
| Transit type | Rapid transit Rubber-tyred metro (Wenhu line) |
| Number of lines | 5 |
| Number of stations | 117 |
| Daily ridership | 1.98 million (2023) |
| Annual ridership | 918,360 million (2023) 60.58% |
| Chief executive | BC Yen |
| Headquarters | 7 Lane 48 Sec 2 Zhongshan N Rd, Zhongshan District, Taipei |
| Website | www |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 28 March 1996 |
| Operator(s) | Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation |
| Character | Grade-separated |
| Number of vehicles | 849 cars (217.5 trains) |
| Train length | 3–6 carriages |
| Headway | 2-9 minutes |
| Technical | |
| System length | 136.9 km (85.1 mi) |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Minimum radius of curvature | 200 metres (656 ft) |
| Electrification | 750 V DC third rail |
| Average speed | 31.50 kilometres per hour (20 mph) |
| Top speed | 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺北捷運 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台北捷运 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺北大眾捷運系統 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台北大众捷运系统 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan.
It was the first rapid transit system to be built on the island. The initial network was approved for construction in 1986, and work began two years later. It began operations on 28 March 1996, and by 2000, 62 stations were in service across three main lines.
Over the next nine years, the number of passengers had increased by 70%. Since 2008, the network has expanded to 131 stations and the passenger count has grown by another 96%. The system has been praised by locals for its effectiveness in relieving growing traffic congestion in Taipei and its surrounding satellite towns, with over two million trips made daily.