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=== Metro line === Originally, the Xinbeitou branch line was to close permanently after the Tamsui line was converted into a rapid transit line. Xinbeitou residents successfully petitioned to the government for a branch line, arguing that it was an important transportation link for commuters.<ref>{{cite news |title=捷運系統新北投支線 居民反對撤銷 |agency=[[Central Daily News]] |date=14 August 1987 |language=zh}}</ref> The branch line's [[groundbreaking]] ceremony was held on 30 December 1988,<ref>{{cite news |title=捷運新北投線動土 訂民國八十年完工 |agency=[[Central Daily News]] |date=31 December 1988 |location=Taipei |language=zh}}</ref> and on 28 March 1997, the new rapid transit line re-opened for service as part of the Taipei Metro.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} According to the original design, trains leaving downtown Taipei would terminate at either Xinbeitou or {{stl|Taipei Metro|Tamsui}} station. Before the line's opening, Taipei Metro decided against this plan due to insufficient rolling stock.<ref>{{cite news |author1=顏瓊真 |title=電聯列車不足 到新北投需換接駁車 捷運淡水線一車到底行不通 |agency=[[Central Daily News]] |date=24 November 1996 |language=zh-tw}}</ref>
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