Taipei Main Station is the eastern terminus of the
Taoyuan Airport MRT
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), commonly known as the Airport MRT, is a rapid transit line of Taoyuan Metro that connects the municipalities of Taipei, New Taipei, and Taoyuan with Taoyuan International Airport ...
in
Zhongzheng District
Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the ...
,
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. Located roughly west of
Taipei railway station
Taipei Main Station () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan. 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 sta ...
and east of
Beimen metro station
The Taipei Metro Beimen station is a station on the Songshan line located in Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Station overview
This four-level, underground station has two side platforms. It is located beneath Tacheng St. beneath Civic Bl ...
, the station is connected to the Taipei railway station through a long underground walkway,
and to Beimen station through another underground walkway. It is the busiest station of the Taoyuan Airport MRT. The station is served by both express and commuter trains, and provides in-town check in services for outbound flights. Currently, four airlines offer this service.
Overview
This three-level, underground station has two
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s with four tracks. It is equipped with eight accessible elevators and seven exits. The station is long and to wide. It opened for trial service on 2 February 2017, and for commercial service 2 March 2017.
It is located directly underneath the future
Taipei Twin Towers.
Layout
Around the Station
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Taipei City Mall
* Taipei Travel Plaza
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Shin Kong Life Tower
Shin Kong Life Tower (), at 51 stories and a height of , is one of Taiwan's earliest skyscrapers. The rose-colored tower topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, and dates from 1993. Its first twelve floors and two underground f ...
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Taipei Twin Towers (future)
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National Taiwan Museum
The National Taiwan Museum (NTM; ), established in 1908, is the oldest museum in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was founded by the colonial government during Taiwan's period of Japanese rule. The museum is located in Zhongzheng District, T ...
See also
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Gate of Taipei
The Taipei Twin Towers () is a supertall skyscraper development in Taipei, Taiwan. Scheduled to be completed in 2027, it includes two skyscrapers, the taller of which is with 74 floors and the shorter of which is with 55 floors. It is located ...
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Taipei Bus Station
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Taipei Main Station
Taipei Main Station () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan. 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 sta ...
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Beimen Station
References
{{Taoyuan Metro Airport MRT
2017 establishments in Taiwan
Railway stations opened in 2017
Taoyuan Airport MRT stations