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 ...

, 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 pr ...

, 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 in Taiwan, operated by the government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, which also operates the Maokong Gondola ...

. 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 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 ...

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

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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

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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

, 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 Blv ...

. Zhongshan Metro Mall,

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 Dàdà ...

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 ...

, and Qsquare all connect on this level as well. TRA and THSR each have two

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at the B2 level. As for

, 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 ...

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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 Ta ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a 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" for its over 200 years of hi ...

, and Kaohsiung 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 inha ...

Around the station

Airport MRT Taipei Main Statione entrance hall2

（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 under Japanese rule, Taiwan's period of Japanese rule. The museum is located ...

* Exit M7：Zhongshan N. Rd. * Exit M8：Gongyuan Rd,

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Taipei

（M）Zhongshan Metro Mall

* Q Square * Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei * Zhongshan Station （R11、G14）,

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（R12）

（Y）Taipei City Mall

* Palais de Chine Hotel Taipei * Taipei Station Wholesale Market * （G13） * Taipei main station（A1）,

Taoyuan International 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 ...

（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 Taipei Post Office (; Minnan: ''Tâi-pak Iû-kiȯk'') or Taipei Beimen Post Office (; Minnan: ''Tâi-pak Pak-bûn Iû-kiȯk'') is a four-story building located close to Beimen (lit. "North Gate") in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. T ...

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History

The first rail station in Taipei was completed in

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