Editing Xinbeitou branch line (section)

=== Heavy rail line ===
The Xinbeitou branch line traces back to a [[heavy rail]] line built by the [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japan's rule over Taiwan]]. A spur from the pre-metro [[Tamsui–Xinyi line|Tamsui line]], the line's name was transliterated as the "'''Shinhokutō Line'''" in Japanese and "'''Hsin Peitou Line'''" in Chinese. Completed on 1 April 1916, the line was built specifically to transport visitors from the city to the newly-developed ''[[onsen]]'' facilities around Xinbeitou. The line was closed at the end of 1944 during World War II. After a change in power to the [[Kuomintang]], the Xinbeitou branch line was reopened to passengers in 1946.<ref>{{cite book |author1=李東明 |title=永遠北淡線 |publisher=玉山社 |date=2000 |location=Taipei |isbn=9578246323 |pages=142–147 |language=zh |chapter=新北投 — 台北的溫柔鄉}}</ref><ref name="cdn_chen">{{cite news |author1=陳念慈 |title=臺灣縱貫鐵路 迷你幹線－新北投線 |agency=[[Central Daily News]] |date=30 December 1986 |language=zh}}</ref>

The line was served by single-car DR2100–DR2400 series diesel carriages that made round trips between Beitou and Xinbeitou stations. As Taipei's population grew, the branch transitioned from a touristic line to a commuter line, and was heavily used before its closure in 1988 for the reconstruction of the Beitou line into a rapid transit line ([[Tamsui–Xinyi line]]). Before the line's closure, the line was served by twenty-nine round trip services per day; each trip took around 90 seconds and cost {{currency|8|TWD}}. The daily ridership was around 22,000 passengers.<ref name="cdn_chen"/><ref>{{cite news |title=新北投線最後列車除夕開出 明年元旦起不再奔馳 多位議員禹延期停駛 |agency=[[Central Daily News]] |date=28 December 1987 |location=Taipei |language=zh}}</ref>