Wenhu line

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Wenhu line
An Innovia APM 256 train approaching Daan station
Overview
Status	In service
Locale	Taipei, Taiwan
Termini	Taipei Zoo Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
Stations	24[1]
Color on map	Brown
Service
Type	Rubber-tyred metro
Operator(s)	Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation
Depot(s)	Muzha Neihu
Rolling stock	VAL 256[2] Innovia APM 256[3]
History
Opened	28 March 1996 (1996-03-28) (Taipei Zoo–Zhongshan Junior High School) 4 July 2009 (2009-07-04) (Zhongshan Junior High School–Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center)
Technical
Line length	25.1 km (15.6 mi)
Character	Elevated and underground[a]
Track gauge	1,880 mm (6 ft 2 in)[b]
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Signalling	Moving block Bombardier CITYFLO 650 CBTC–ATC under ATO GoA 4 (UTO)
Route map Legend Neihu depot BR24 Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (  ) BR23 Nangang Software Park Huandong Boulevard Keelung River Sun Yat-Sen Freeway BR22 Donghu BR21 Huzhou BR20 Dahu Park BR19 Neihu BR18 Wende BR17 Gangqian BR16 Xihu (  ) BR15 Jiannan Road BR14 Dazhi Keelung River Sun Yat-sen Freeway BR13 Songshan Airport BR12 Zhongshan Jr High School BR11 Nanjing Fuxing (  ) ( Western Trunk line ) (  ) (  ) BR10 Zhongxiao Fuxing (  ) BR09 Daan BR08 Technology Building BR07 Liuzhangli BR06 Linguang Fuzhou Hill tunnel BR05 Xinhai BR04 Wanfang Hospital BR03 Wanfang Community BR02 Muzha Jingmei River BR01 Taipei Zoo Maokong Gondola (  ) Muzha depot This diagram: view talk edit

The Wenhu or Brown line (code BR) is a metro line in Taipei operated by Taipei Metro, named after the districts it connects: Wenshan and Neihu. It is an automated medium-capacity rubber-tyred metro line and is 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi) long, serving a total of 24 stations located in 7 districts in Taipei, of which 22 are elevated and 2 underground. As of April 2022, the line transports an average of approximately 140,000 passengers daily.^[4]

The Wenshan section began revenue service on 28 March 1996, as the Muzha line. The Neihu section began revenue service on 4 July 2009. The Wenhu line was then named the Muzha–Neihu line, colloquially shortened as the Zhahu line, until 8 October 2009, when it adopted the current name, short for Wenshan-Neihu line. This was the first metro line to be constructed in Taipei and it is the only line without train approaching melody.

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