The Sanying Line is now open: service began on June 30, 2026, with free trial operation through August 31 and regular fares from September 1; the whole line is 14.29 km with 12 stations, and the trip from Dingpu station to Yingtao Fude station takes about 30 minutes. Fares are tiered, from NT$20 at the start to a maximum of NT$35; Dingpu station (LB01) connects with the Taipei metro Bannan Line, and Yingge Railway Station (LB08) connects with Taiwan Railway's Yingge station. The information below follows the official pages of the New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司) and the New Taipei metro construction bureau (新北市政府捷運工程局), verified on 2026-11-07. House prices and building ages use the medians from this site's compilation of four quarters of actual-price registration data: Sanxia District NT$392,000 per ping (1 ping ≈ 3.3 m²) with a median building age of 20 years; Yingge District NT$353,000 and 9 years; Shulin District NT$401,000 and 28 years. This article does not predict any house price trend.
A note first: Articles of this kind often write about the "opening date", but on the day of verification the Sanying Line had already opened, so this article is rewritten around transfers, fares and data along the line after opening. Operating hours and train intervals on the official pages are updated from time to time, so check the New Taipei metro operator's latest announcements before you travel.
Opening timeline: dates from official announcements
| Date | What the official announcement says |
|---|
| 2026-06-30 | The Sanying Line opens; the New Taipei metro operator sent out the first train at 2:00 p.m. that day, starting a two-month trial operation (per the operator's announcement of 2026-06-26) |
| 2026-06-30 to 2026-08-31 | Passengers who tap an electronic ticket in and out ride free; those without an electronic ticket must buy a single-journey ticket |
| 2026-08-01 | Trial operation hours extended to 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily (per the operator's announcement of 2026-07-30) |
| 2026-09-01 | Fares begin; tiered fares from NT$20 at the start to a maximum of NT$35; a "Sanying Line one-day pass" (三鶯線一日票) at NT$60 per card goes on sale at the same time (per the operator's announcement of 2026-08-28) |
The Sanying Line page of the New Taipei metro construction bureau says: the Sanying Line was completed and opened on June 30, 2026 (year 115 in the Republic of China calendar), the operating permit was obtained on June 23, and the revised budget is NT$55.491 billion (554.91 in units of NT$100 million; the figure shown at the top of the page, see the explanation in the next sentences). The same page also lists that the report on the second revised plan for the Sanying Line and surrounding land development was submitted to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for review for the 4th time on July 13, 2026 and is still in the review process; the "budget" field of the page says NT$50.2 billion (502.00 in units of NT$100 million), and the top-of-page figure of 554.91 is the figure of the revised proposal; the page does not explain what effect the review has on operation.
The New Taipei metro operator's announcement of 2026-08-28 states that cumulative ridership during the trial operation exceeded 1,700,000 trips, and the five busiest stations were Dingpu station, Yingge Railway Station, Ceramics Old Street station, National Taipei University station and Sanxia station.
The 12 stations and fares
The operator's station list and posted fare table for the Sanying Line are summarized below. The table takes Dingpu station (LB01) as the starting point and sets out single-journey fares (verified 2026-11-07; the fare table is an image file posted on the official website):
| Station code | Station | Address (official station list) | Single-journey fare from Dingpu station |
|---|
| LB01 | Dingpu (頂埔) | 土城區頂埔里中央路四段 51 之 7 號 | Starting point |
| LB02 | Mazutian (媽祖田) | 土城區頂新里中央路四段 412 號 | NT$20 |
| LB03 | Changshoushan (長壽山) | 三峽區溪北里介壽路三段 190 號 | NT$20 |
| LB04 | Hengxi (橫溪) | 三峽區佳興路 360 號 | NT$20 |
| LB05 | Longpu (龍埔) | 三峽區龍埔里龍埔路 399 號 | NT$20 |
| LB06 | Sanxia (三峽) | 三峽區龍恩里國慶路 100 號 | NT$25 |
| LB07 | National Taipei University (臺北大學) | 三峽區鳶山里復興路 280 號 | NT$25 |
| LB08 | Yingge Railway Station (鶯歌車站) | 鶯歌區東鶯里館前路 299 號 | NT$30 |
| LB09 | Ceramics Old Street (陶瓷老街) | 鶯歌區南靖里重慶街 28 之 2 號 | NT$30 |
| LB10 | Guohua (國華) | 鶯歌區建國里國華路 66 號 | NT$35 |
| LB11 | Yongji Park (永吉公園) | 鶯歌區永吉里鶯桃路 296 號 | NT$35 |
| LB12 | Yingtao Fude (鶯桃福德) | 鶯歌區福德一路 1 之 1 號 | NT$35 |
The addresses in the official station list are only in Tucheng, Sanxia and Yingge districts; Shulin District has no Sanying Line station. Single-journey tickets are sold in token form, and an ordinary single-journey ticket is valid for 24 hours from purchase. Seniors (aged 65 or over) and people with disabilities, plus 1 necessary companion, can buy concession tickets on presenting documents, at half of the posted fare (5 折).
Transfer discounts and frequent-rider rewards
- With an EasyCard, an 一卡通 card or an 愛金卡 card, a direct transfer within 1 hour in either direction between the Sanying Line and the Taipei metro earns a discount of NT$8 per transfer on an ordinary card, and NT$4 per transfer on cards such as the senior card (敬老卡) and the concession card (愛心卡).
- A direct transfer within 1 hour in either direction between the Sanying Line and Taipei and New Taipei buses earns NT$8 per transfer on an ordinary card, NT$6 on a student card, and NT$4 on cards such as the senior card and concession card.
- Frequent-rider rewards: with an EasyCard, an 一卡通 card or an 愛金卡 card, every NT$200 of accumulated fares earns NT$50 back, and only fares paid from the card's stored value accumulate; fares paid with a public transport commuter pass (the 1200 pass, 1200 定期票) or by deducting social welfare points on a social welfare card cannot be accumulated.
- Public transport commuter pass: the New Taipei metro operator's announcement of 2026-08-28 reminds passengers that from September 1, they must use a valid electronic ticket, single-journey ticket or public transport commuter pass to enter and exit the Sanying Line as required.
The scope of the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei-Taoyuan metropolitan pass (基北北桃都會通, TPASS 1200) includes the metro and light rail lines run by the New Taipei metro operator (terms of use announced 2026-06-30). For how to buy, activate and refund a TPASS, see our guide to buying a TPASS 1200 monthly pass.
Transfers: Dingpu to the Bannan Line, Yingge to Taiwan Railway
The New Taipei metro operator's announcement states that LB01 Dingpu station connects for transfer with the Taipei metro Bannan Line's Dingpu station, and LB08 Yingge Railway Station connects for transfer with Taiwan Railway's Yingge station. The New Taipei metro construction bureau page describes the line as starting at Dingpu station on the Tucheng Line, running along Zhongyang Road Section 4 in Tucheng, crossing National Highway 3 and entering Jieshou Road Section 3 in Sanxia, following Longpu Road into the National Taipei University special district, then running west along the National Highway 3 embankment across the freeway and the Dahan River, then following Yingge Creek and crossing the trunk railway (縱貫鐵路), and finally placing a terminal station where Fude 1st Road turns off at Fengming Junior High School. The page also says the possibility of a future extension to the Bade area of Taoyuan, connecting with the Taoyuan Green Line, is retained.
What the construction bureau page says about commuting time is "after the Sanying Line is completed and opens in future, commuting time from the Sanying area to Taipei City is expected to be reduced by about 20 minutes"; this is an expectation from the plan, not a measured result after opening. This article did not obtain verifiable official figures for the fare and travel time from Dingpu station to Taipei Main Station on the Bannan Line; check the route and fare lookup on the Taipei metro website. For rent and house price comparisons along the Bannan Line, this site has the Bannan Line commuting rent and house price analysis.
Operating hours and intervals: what the official pages say
- The Sanying Line page of the New Taipei metro operator's timetable (verified 2026-11-07) says trains run at about 6-minute intervals at peak times (06:30 to 08:30 and 17:30 to 19:30), and about 8-minute intervals off-peak and on holidays.
- The announcement of 2026-07-30 says trial operation runs from August 1 daily from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and that the date of regular all-day operation "will be announced separately". The announcement of 2026-06-26 says "after regular operation begins, daily operating hours will be planned as all-day operation from 6:00 to 24:00"; that was the plan at the time.
- The actual operating hours after fares began on September 1 were not clearly listed on the official pages on the day of verification; rely on the latest announcements on the New Taipei metro operator's website and app.
Around the National Taipei University district: facilities the official data can confirm
The official urban planning name is the National Taipei University community special district (臺北大學社區特定區) (New Taipei metro construction bureau page; an individual urban planning change was announced and took effect on May 13, 2019); "Beida special district" (北大特區) is a popular name, and the page does not use it. LB07 National Taipei University station of the Sanying Line is at No. 280, Fuxing Road, Sanxia District. The public facilities the official pages can confirm are limited:
- The construction bureau page says the line passes Longpu Road and the side of the national academy for educational research (國家教育研究院), then turns to Sanshu Road, Guoqing Road and Fuxing Road to reach the side of National Taipei University.
- In describing attractions along the line, the New Taipei metro operator's announcement mentions Sanxia Old Street (三峽老街), National Taipei University, the New Taipei museum of art (新北市美術館) and Yingge Ceramics Old Street (鶯歌陶瓷老街).
This article did not obtain a verifiable official list of schools, medical institutions, markets and other daily amenities, so it does not list them here. If you are buying or renting, walk the area in person, and check daily details with tools on this site such as the garbage truck real-time position tool. The bus routes that were used for commuting before the line opened were not checked this time, so no route numbers are listed.
House prices and building age: this site's four-quarter compilation of actual-price data
The figures below come from this site's compilation of the four quarters 114S4 to 115S3 of the Ministry of the Interior's real estate transaction price registration data (actual-price registration), calculated as a combined total and downloaded on 2026-11-05. This is a four-quarter combined statistic, not a single quarter; the statistical unit is the administrative district, not a single area called the "Beida special district"; Shulin District has no Sanying Line station and is listed here only for comparison.
| District | Median transaction unit price (per ping) | Unit price, 25th to 75th percentile (per ping) | Unit price sample size | Median building age at transaction | Building age sample size |
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| Sanxia District | NT$392,000 | NT$296,000 to NT$454,000 | 491 records | 20 years | 463 records |
| Yingge District | NT$353,000 | NT$319,000 to NT$389,000 | 703 records | 9 years | 287 records |
| Shulin District | NT$401,000 | NT$326,000 to NT$461,000 | 484 records | 28 years | 508 records |
| District | Under 5 years | 5 to under 15 years | 15 to under 30 years | 30 years or more |
|---|
| Sanxia District | 20 records | 91 records | 227 records | 125 records |
| Yingge District | 64 records | 86 records | 54 records | 83 records |
| Shulin District | 31 records | 33 records | 214 records | 230 records |
How to read it: the median is the transaction unit price in the middle once prices are sorted; it is not an average and does not represent the price of any single home. The unit price range in Sanxia District is wider (the 25th to 75th percentile differ by about NT$158,000), which means prices differ greatly between communities and building ages within the same district; in Yingge District the median building age at transaction is only 9 years, and transactions of buildings under 15 years old number 150, about 52% of the 287, which is a statistical description and cannot be taken as a judgment about future change. This compilation takes only residential apartment, mid-rise, high-rise residential, studio and townhouse transactions of land and buildings together, and excludes transactions whose remarks include words such as relatives or friends, employees, co-owners or special relationships; transactions with a parking space but a parking space total price of 0 are not counted in the unit price statistics, and districts with fewer than 30 records show no unit price. To work out the building age of a particular property you can use the building age calculator, and for how to check the use permit and building age see how to check building age and use permit date.
This article makes no speculation about the effect of the Sanying Line's opening on these transaction prices and building ages: the latest transaction date in the data is about July 21, 2026, so transactions after the opening (June 30, 2026) cover only a very short period.
How to check flood potential along the Dahan River
The construction bureau page says the Sanying Line crosses the Dahan River, and Yingge Creek also runs along the line. To find out whether a place you want to buy lies within a flood potential area, use the 3D disaster potential map of the national disaster reduction science and technology center (國家災害防救科技中心):
- Enter an address and look at the simulated flood depth under the three scenarios of 300, 450 and 600 mm of accumulated rainfall in 24 hours; the map data is the third-generation flood potential map of the water resources agency (水利署), made in 2014 to 2016, which uses fixed-rainfall simulations of the largest flood depth that could occur in each area.
- Then switch on the "flood survey locations of the past five years" layer, which covers important flood events from 2021 to 2025.
- The explanation page points out that when short, heavy rainfall or long accumulated rainfall cannot be drained in time, water floods the area; excessive river or stream flow causing levee breaks or overflows also floods nearby areas, so being far from a river does not mean a place is certain not to flood.
FAQ
Is the Sanying Line still free?
No. Free trial operation ran until August 31, 2026, and regular fares began on September 1. The New Taipei metro operator did tie in with 922 World Car-Free Day by making the Sanying Line and other lines free over four consecutive days, September 19 to 22, 2026, but that event has ended.
Can I use the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei-Taoyuan metropolitan pass on the Sanying Line?
The scope in the terms of use of the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei-Taoyuan metropolitan pass (announced 2026-06-30) includes the metro and light rail lines run by the New Taipei metro operator. The operator's announcement of 2026-08-28 also says commuter passes can be used to enter and exit from September 1. However, rides made with a commuter pass do not count toward the fare amount that accumulates frequent-rider rewards.
How long does it take from Sanxia to Taipei Main Station?
The Sanying Line takes about 30 minutes from Dingpu station to Yingtao Fude station; this article did not obtain an official figure for the Bannan Line from Dingpu station to Taipei Main Station and does not give an estimate. Use the route and fare lookup on the Taipei metro website, entering Dingpu station and Taipei Main Station.
Which Sanying Line station is closest to the Beida special district?
National Taipei University station (LB07) in the official station list is at No. 280, Fuxing Road, Sanxia District, near National Taipei University; for the exact extent of the Beida special district and its amenities, check the New Taipei government's urban planning data and the situation on the ground.
Sources
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): Sanying Line officially opens June 30 (announced 2026-06-26; verified 2026-11-07): opening date, trial operation, 12 stations, transfers, fare preview, intervals.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): Sanying Line charges fares from September 1 (announced 2026-08-28; verified 2026-11-07): regular fares, fares of NT$20 to NT$35, one-day pass NT$60, ridership and the five busiest stations.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): one-month trial operation announcement (2026-07-30; verified 2026-11-07): longer operating hours from August 1, peak and off-peak intervals.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): Sanying Line fares (verified 2026-11-07): posted fare table.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): free rides for four consecutive days for 922 World Car-Free Day (announced 2026-09-18; verified 2026-11-07): event period of free rides on all lines, September 19 to 22.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): ticket information (verified 2026-11-07): single-journey tickets, concession tickets, transfer discounts and frequent-rider rewards.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): Sanying Line stations (verified 2026-11-07): station names, codes and addresses.
- New Taipei metro operator (新北大眾捷運公司): timetable, Sanying Line (verified 2026-11-07): peak and off-peak intervals.
- New Taipei metro construction bureau (新北市政府捷運工程局): Sanying Line (verified 2026-11-07): opening date, operating permit, route description, plan revisions and commuting time expectation.
- Terms of use of the Keelung-Taipei-New Taipei-Taoyuan metropolitan pass (基北北桃都會通使用須知) (announced 2026-06-30; verified 2026-11-07): scope includes the metro lines run by the New Taipei metro operator.
- National disaster reduction science and technology center (國家災害防救科技中心) 3D disaster potential map: where floods occur easily (verified 2026-11-07): flood potential simulation conditions and the survey locations layer for the past five years.
- Ministry of the Interior real estate transaction price registration: data supply system (downloaded and compiled by this site on 2026-11-05; this site's compiled file verified 2026-11-07): this site's four-quarter combined statistics for 114S4 to 115S3.
