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Taipei Main Station () is a railway and metro station in
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 n ...
, Taiwan. It is served by
Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...
, the
Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services ...
, and the
Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
. It is also connected through underground passageways to the terminal station of
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. T ...
and the
Taipei Bus Station The Taipei Bus Station () is a multi-use complex located next to Taipei Station in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. The complex houses the Taipei bus terminal station provided a number of intercity express bus routes which was inaugurated on 19 ...
. 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 Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office Building, Taipei, P ...
with six stories above ground and four stories below ground. The building is long and wide. The first floor has a large ticketing hall with a
skylight A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ventilation purposes. History Open ...
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
turnstile A turnstile (also called a turnpike, gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a t ...
s for the TRA and
THSR Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...
platforms, along with a myriad of underground passageways for
Taipei Bus Station The Taipei Bus Station () is a multi-use complex located next to Taipei Station in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. The complex houses the Taipei bus terminal station provided a number of intercity express bus routes which was inaugurated on 19 ...
, the Taoyuan Metro station, and
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 ...
.
Zhongshan Metro Mall The Zhongshan Metro Shopping Mall () is an extensive underground shopping mall in Zhongshan District and Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located at Changan West Rd., No. 52-1. The mall stretches from Taipei Main Station in the south to ...
,
Taipei City Mall Taipei City Mall () is a shopping center located at the intersection of the Datong and Zhongzheng districts in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the first underground market in Taipei City. It is located under Civic Boulevard (市民大道 ''Shìmín Dàdào' ...
,
Station Front Metro Mall Station Front Metro Mall () is an underground shopping center located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located directly underneath Zhongxiao West Road and is connected with Taipei Main Station. History * October 1992: Taipei City Go ...
, and
Qsquare Qsquare () is a shopping mall in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The shopping mall was opened on 11 December 2009. On 19 April 2021, a fire broke out at the shopping mall and 202 visitors were evacuated. Transportation The shopping m ...
all connect on this level as well. TRA and THSR each have two
island platforms 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 ...
at the B2 level. As for
Taipei Metro Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
, the
Bannan line The Bannan or Blue line (code BL) is a metro line of Taipei Metro in Taipei, Taiwan, with a total of 23 stations serving the districts of Nangang, Xinyi, Daan, Zhongshan, Wanhua, Banqiao and Tucheng. The line's name is a portmanteau of Banq ...
'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.


Station layout

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EasyCard The EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the EasyCard Corporation, which was previously named the "Taipei Smart Card Corporation", for payment on the Taipei Metro (also known as "''Taipei MRT''", or "Taipei Rapid Transit Syst ...
top-up machines at the Taipei Metro concourse File:Taipei Main Station Store, Taipei Metro Souvenir Shop 20200711.jpg, A Taipei Metro sourvenir shop at Taipei Main Station, 2020 File:Inauguration tablet of Taipei Main Station, Tamsui Line 20190908.jpg, An inauguration plaque of the Taipei Metro at Taipei Main Station File:Flood depth record of Typhoon Nari, MRT Taipei Main Station 20190811a.jpg, A memorial plaque with a demarcation of the record flood levels of Typhoon Nari on Taipei Main Station File:TW 台灣 Taiwan 台北 Taipei Metro 台北捷運 MRT Station tour night August 2019 SSG 14.jpg, Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line platforms, August 2019 File:TW 台灣 Taiwan 中正區 Zhongzheng District 捷運台北車站 Taipei Main Metro MRT Station August 2019 SSG 02.jpg, Taipei Mero Bannan Line platforms, August 2019


HSR services

HSR services 1xx, (1)2xx, (1)3xx, (1)5xx, (1)6xx, and (8)8xx call at this station. The first two southbound trains in the day are 803 (stops at all stations) at 06:26 and 203 (Taipei-Banqiao-Taichung-Chiayi-Tainan-Zuoying) at 06:30. Service 203 is the only train of the day that departs from Taipei Station, and does not depart from
Nangang station Nangang () is a railway and metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railways Administration and Taipei Metro. The station is served by the fastest HSR express services of the ''1 series''. History Nangang S ...
like most southbound trains do. Although Service 203 departs four minutes later after Service 803, passengers traveling to major cities such as
Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...
,
Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...
, and
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
will save more time taking Train No. 203, while Train No. 803 would be more suitable for traveling to nearby cities such as Taoyuan or
Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...
.


Around the station


(K)K Underground Mall

* Exit M1/Y2: TRA/THSR(Entrance North 1) * Exit M2:
Civic Blvd Expressway The Civic Boulevard (; also called 5th Blvd) is a 4 to 6-lane highway located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was completed in 1997 as part of a multi-modal reconstruction project to improve transportation networks in congested central Taipei. The highw ...
* 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 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, Tai ...
* Exit M7:Zhongshan N. Rd. * Exit M8:Gongyuan Rd,
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Taipei


(M)Zhongshan Metro Mall

*
Taipei Bus Station The Taipei Bus Station () is a multi-use complex located next to Taipei Station in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. The complex houses the Taipei bus terminal station provided a number of intercity express bus routes which was inaugurated on 19 ...
* Q Square * Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei * Zhongshan StationR11G14),
Shuanglian station Shuanglian (, formerly transliterated as Shuanglien Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. It is a station of the and a planned transfer station with the . Station overview The station is located unde ...
R12


(Y)Taipei City Mall

* Palais de Chine Hotel Taipei * Taipei Station Wholesale Market * (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 The Taiwan Cooperative Bank (TCB; ) is a publicly listed bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Originally formed by the Japanese during Japanese rule in Taiwan in 1923, TCB was taken over by the Republic of China government in 1946 and has gro ...
* Chongqing S. Rd, First Bank * North Gate * Taipei Post Office of
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History

The first rail station in Taipei was completed in
Twatutia Dadaocheng is an area in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was also known as Twatutia (a transliteration of the Taiwanese Hokkien ''Tōa-tiū-tiâⁿ''), Daitōtei during Japanese rule, and Tataocheng ( Mandarin) during the Kuomintang era. ...
in 1891, during Qing rule, when the railway to
Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...
was opened for service. 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 A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...
between Huashan and Wanhua was built along with the present station building as part of the
Taipei Railway Underground Project Since the 1980s, ground level railway facilities in urban areas have been seen as obstacles to road traffic and local development. In 1983, the Executive Yuan tasked the Taipei Railway Underground Project Organisation (TRUPO) with the project to re ...
. 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 Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
. The metro station is connected to the basement of the railway station and opened to passenger traffic in 1997 to the
Tamsui–Xinyi line Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popul ...
. Extensive underground malls now exist at the front and back of the station, which emulate those found in
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and
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,
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. The station also became a terminus for
Taiwan High Speed Rail Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) is the high-speed railway of Taiwan consisting of one line that runs approximately along the west coast, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung. With construction and operations managed by a pri ...
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 is a Japanese architect who teaches at Keio University SFC. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Early life Maki was born in Tokyo. A ...
was chosen to design two skyscrapers that will surround the railroad station. 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. The two skyscrapers will be constructed on empty parcels found adjacent to Taipei station, above 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. T ...
station. The station interior underwent renovation work from February to October 2011. 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. 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.


See also

*
Rail transport in Taiwan Rail transport in Taiwan consists of (as of 2015) of railway networks. Though no longer as dominant as it once was, rail transport is an extremely important form of transportation in Taiwan due to high population density, especially along the de ...
*
List of railway stations in Taiwan There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan: The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ...


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External links


THSR Taipei StationTRA Taipei StationTRTC Route Map & Timetables
* {{Bannan line navbox 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