Taipei Main Station
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| Chinese | 台北 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 臺北 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3 Beiping W Rd Zhongzheng, Taipei[1] Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°02′51″N 121°31′01″E / 25.0475°N 121.5170°ECoordinates: 25°02′51″N 121°31′01″E / 25.0475°N 121.5170°E[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Special class (Chinese: 特等) (TRA)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 October 1891[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2 September 1989[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 9 January 1978[8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Taihoku (Japanese: 臺北) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 25 August 1901 | Rebuilt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| April 1918 | Relocated | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1941 | Rebuilt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 July 1985 | Rebuilt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 March 2007 | THSR opened[9] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | 26.457 million per year[10]  16.26% (THSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 1 out of 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 45.935 million per year[5] 1.22% (TRA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 1 out of 228 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Taipei Main Station 台北車站  | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺北車站 | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台北车站 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 49 Sec 1 Zhongxiao W Rd Zhongzheng District, Taipei Taiwan | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No access | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | R10, BL12 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | web | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 December 1997[11] | |||||||||||||||
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| 24 December 1999 | Bannan line opened | |||||||||||||||
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| 2016 | 287,812 daily (December 2020)[12]  0.02% | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | (Ranked 1st of 109) | |||||||||||||||
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Taipei Main Station (Chinese: 台北車站; pinyin: Táiběi chēzhàn) is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan.[13] It is served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, the Taiwan Railways Administration, and the Taipei Metro. It is also connected through underground passageways to the terminal station of Taoyuan Airport MRT and the Taipei Bus Station. In 2017, it was the busiest station on all three rail systems, with a total of 190 million entries and exits.
Station overview[]
The central building of Taipei Main Station is a rectangular building in Zhongzheng District with six stories above ground and four stories below ground. The building is 149 m (489 ft) long and 110 m (360 ft) wide. The first floor has a large ticketing hall with a skylight and three ground-level exits in each cardinal direction, the second is occupied by restaurants managed by the Breeze group, and all floors above are office spaces. At the B1 level, there are turnstiles for the TRA and THSR platforms, along with a myriad of underground passageways for Taipei Bus Station, the Taoyuan Metro station, and Beimen metro station. Zhongshan Metro Mall, Taipei City Mall, Station Front Metro Mall, and Qsquare all connect on this level as well. TRA and THSR each have two island platforms at the B2 level. As for Taipei Metro, the Bannan line's platforms are located at the south of the station building; the entrances are at the B2 level, and the platforms are at B3. The Tamsui-Xinyi line's entrance is directly under the station building at B3, and the platforms are at B4.[14][15][16]
Platform layout[]
TRA and THSR[]
| 1 2 |
1A 1B |
■ Taiwan High Speed Rail (southbound) | Towards Banqiao, Taoyuan, Taichung, Zuoying |
| 3 4 |
2A 2B |
■ Taiwan High Speed Rail (northbound) | Towards Nangang |
| 5 | N/A | ■ Through services | Trains do not stop here |
| 6 7 |
3A 3B |
■ West Coast line (southbound) | Towards Banqiao, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, Pingtung |
| ■ West Coast line (northbound, through traffic) | Towards Banqiao, Shulin | ||
| 8 9 |
4A 4B |
■ West Coast line (northbound) | Towards Songshan, Xizhi, Qidu, Keelung |
| ■ West Coast line (southbound, through traffic and cross-line) | Towards Yilan, Hualien, Taitung, Kaohsiung (through the South-link line) |
Taipei Metro (MRT)[]
| 1 | ■ Red line (northbound, through traffic) |
Towards Tamsui |
| ■ Red line (northbound, through traffic) |
Towards Beitou | |
| 2 | ■ Red line (southbound, through traffic) | Towards Xiangshan |
| ■ Red line (southbound, through traffic) | Towards Daan | |
| 3 | ■ Blue line (Eastbound) | Towards Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center |
| ■ Blue line (Eastbound) | Towards Kunyang | |
| 4 | ■ Blue line (Westbound) | Towards Far Eastern Hospital |
| ■ Blue line (Westbound) | Towards Dingpu |
Station layout[]
| 6F ｜ 3F |
Taiwan Railways Administration offices |
Taiwan Railways Administration, Scheduling Control Center TRA Employee Rooms YMCA, other private companies (Rented) TRA Auditorium |
| 2F | Retail level | Taipei Station Breeze Center, Food Court (Elevator at East Entrance 2) |
| Restrooms | ||
| L1 | Street level | Entrance/Exit TRA/THSR ticketing, automatic ticket machines, tourism counter TRA Information Office, TRA Station Manager Office, railway police TRA information desk, THSR police, THSR military police |
| TRA Entrance/Exit, Guard | ||
| TRA Luggage Office | TRA Parcel Center (Separate structure) | |
| THSR Administration | offices | |
| B1 | Concourse | THSR ticketing, TRA/THSR automatic ticketing, ticket gates, waiting area Restrooms |
| Car park, Military Transportation Service | ||
| Connects to B1 of the Taipei Metro | ||
| Underground passageway | Zhongshan Metro Mall, Taipei Underground Market, Eslite Taipei Station, restrooms | |
| Connects to B1 of TRA/THSR, Taipei Bus Station | ||
| B2 | Metro Lobby | Information desk, faregates, restrooms (Inside fare area) Red line, Blue line transfer area, escalators to platforms |
| Metro offices (Separate structure) |
Metro Control Center briefing rooms | |
| 2A | TRA Control level | TRA Traffic Room, Central Station Monitoring Center |
| 2B | Platform 1A | THSR towards Zuoying (Banqiao) |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 1B | THSR towards Zuoying (Banqiao) | |
| Platform 2A | THSR towards Nangang | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 2B | THSR towards Nangang | |
| Fifth track | West Coast line does not stop here | |
| Platform 3A | West Coast line towards Taichung, Kaohsiung (Wanhua) | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 3B | West Coast line towards Shulin (Wanhua) | |
| Platform 4A | West Coast line towards Keelung (Songshan) | |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 4B | West Coast line towards Yilan, Hualien, Taitung (Songshan) | |
| TRA offices level | Staff training classroom | |
| 2C | Machinery level | Machinery |
| B3 | Concourse (Transfer to Metro TRA Entrance) |
TRA/THSR ticketing, automatic ticket machines, ticket gates Escalator to B2 – TRA/THSR platforms |
| Metro faregates, information desk, lost and found, gallery Restrooms (inside and outside fare zone), Automatic ticket dispensing machines One-way faregates | ||
| Platform 3 | ←  Bannan Line towards Nangang Exhib Center / Kunyang (BL13 Shandao Temple)
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| Island platform, doors open on the left | ||
| Platform 4 | → Bannan Line towards Dingpu / Far Eastern Hospital (BL11 Ximen) →
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| Control Center (Separate structure) |
High-Capacity Traffic Control Center (Another traffic center exists) | |
| B4 | Platform 1 | ←  Tamsui–Xinyi Line towards Tamsui / Beitou (R11 Zhongshan)
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| Island platform, doors open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → Tamsui–Xinyi Line towards Xiangshan / Daan (R09 NTU Hospital) →
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The lobby of Taipei station, August 2018
The floor plan of the first floor of Taipei station, August 2019
TRA platform 3A, October 2018
TRA platform 3B, May 2019
TRA platform 4B, August 2015
A TRA EMU900 series train undergoing a test run at Taipei station, November 2020
THSR ticketing counters, August 2019
THSR platforms, February 2018
Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line concourse, April 2020
EasyCard top-up machines at the Taipei Metro concourse
A Taipei Metro sourvenir shop at Taipei Main Station, 2020
An inauguration plaque of the Taipei Metro at Taipei Main Station
A memorial plaque with a demarcation of the record flood levels of Typhoon Nari on Taipei Main Station
Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line platforms, August 2019
Taipei Mero Bannan Line platforms, August 2019
Around the station[]
（K）K Underground Mall[]
- Exit M1／Y2： TRA／THSR（Entrance North 1）
- Exit M2：Civic Blvd Expressway
- Exit M3：Cosmos Hotel Taipei/ Talk Club Taiwan(美立達留學遊學中心)
- Exit M4：TRA／THSR（Entrance South 1）
- Exit M5：Station Front Plaza
- Exit M6：Caesar Park Hotel Taipei, National Taiwan Museum
- Exit M7：Zhongshan N. Rd.
- Exit M8：Gongyuan Rd, YMCA Taipei
（M）Zhongshan Metro Mall[]
- Taipei Bus Station
- Q Square
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Zhongshan Station （R11、G14）, Shuanglian station（R12）
（Y）Taipei City Mall[]
- Palais de Chine Hotel Taipei
- Taipei Station Wholesale Market
- Beimen（G13）
- Taipei main station（A1）, Taoyuan International Airport MRT
（Z）Station Front Metro Mall[]
- Taipei West Bus Station Terminal A
- Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
- Guanqian Rd, Land Bank, Taiwan Cooperative Bank
- Chongqing S. Rd, First Bank
- North Gate
- Taipei Post Office of Chunghwa Post
History[]
The first rail station in Taipei was completed in Twatutia in 1891, during Qing rule, when the railway to Keelung was opened for service.[17][18] Initially, a temporary station was built while a permanent station was constructed in 1897, during Japanese rule (1895–1945). In 1901, the station was located to the east of its current location. It was rebuilt in 1940 to accommodate growing passenger traffic.
To alleviate traffic congestion caused by railroad crossings in downtown Taipei, an underground railway tunnel between Huashan and Wanhua was built along with the present station building as part of the Taipei Railway Underground Project.[19] When the underground system was completed on 2 September 1989, railway service was moved to the newly completed building (completed on 5 September 1989) and the old building as well as a temporary station were demolished.
The current station was further expanded with the opening of the Taipei Metro. The metro station is connected to the basement of the railway station and opened to passenger traffic in 1997 to the Tamsui–Xinyi line. Extensive underground malls now exist at the front and back of the station,[20] which emulate those found in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. The station also became a terminus for Taiwan High Speed Rail trains when the network began service in 2007.
Ongoing developments[]
Taipei station and the area surrounding it have been undergoing renovation since 2005. Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki was chosen to design two skyscrapers that will surround the railroad station.[21] Maki will also oversee the renovation of Taipei station. The height of the taller tower will be 76 stories, whereas the shorter tower will be 56 stories.[22] The two skyscrapers will be constructed on empty parcels found adjacent to Taipei station, above the Taoyuan Airport MRT station.
The station interior underwent renovation work from February to October 2011.[23] Basement restrooms were renovated, the basement and first floor preparations for additional Breeze Plaza retail space began, the large ticket office in the first floor lobby was removed, and additional retail space was allocated.[23] In addition, the flooring on the first floor was completely replaced, fire and evacuation regulations were improved, and solar panels will be installed on the station roof.[23]
See also[]
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- Rail transport in Taiwan
- List of railway stations in Taiwan
References[]
Notes[]
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- ^ 各站營業里���-1.西部幹線. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b 臺鐵統計資訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Lee, Yung-chang (April 2017). A Living Landmark (PDF). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC. ISBN 978-986-05-1933-4. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ 臺北車站地下化. Railway Reconstruction Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ 臺灣鐵路電訊. Taiwan Railways Administration (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ 計畫介紹- 高鐵建設- 台灣高鐵. Railway Bureau, MOTC (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ 交通部統計查詢網. stat.motc.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Chronicles". Taipei Metro. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Passenger Volume at Taipei Rapid Transit Stations". Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Taipei Main Station gets facelift on 125th birthday". The Straits Times. 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Taipei Main Station Information Map" (PDF). Taipei Metro. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ 鍾志鵬 (3 July 2020). "老照片故事／34年前台北車站這樣擠月台 竟然有陽光" (in Chinese). SET News. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Everington, Keoni (22 July 2017). "New 3D map of Taipei Main Station complex". Taiwan News. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Building History of Main Routes of Taiwan Railway". Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ Davidson (1903), p. 249.
- ^ "Taiwan Railway History". Taiwan Railways Administration. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ MacDonald, Phil (2007). Taiwan. National Geographic Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1426201455.
- ^ "Japanese architect wins design bid". Taipei Times. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 20 July 2005. p. 11. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Diaphragm Wall and Foundation Piles Construction of Taipei Main Station JD Buildings". Department of Rapid Transit Systems. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c 2–10月大翻修 台北車站黑暗期來了 (in Chinese). 中國時報. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
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External links[]
- THSR Taipei Station
- TRA Taipei Station
- TRTC Route Map & Timetables
- Han Cheung (30 August 2020). "Taiwan in Time: From 'railway wharf' to national transport hub". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- Railway stations opened in 1891
- Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration
- Railway stations in Taipei
- Tamsui–Xinyi line stations
- Bannan line stations
- Railway stations served by Taiwan High Speed Rail
- 1891 establishments in Taiwan