Taipei 台北·臺北
Taipei Main Station
Chinese name
Chinese	台北·臺北
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiběi Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ Wade–Giles T'ai²-pei³ Hakka Romanization Tǒi-běd (Sixian dialect) Toi-bed (Hailu dialect) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Thòi-pet Southern Min Tâi-lô Tâi-pak
General information
Location	3 Beiping W Rd Zhongzheng,Taipei[1] Taiwan
Coordinates	25°02′51″N121°31′01″E / 25.0475°N 121.5170°E /25.0475; 121.5170[1]
System	Taiwan High Speed Rail andTaiwan Railway station
Distance	6 km (THSR)[2] 28.3 km toKeelung (TRA)[3]
Connections	Rapid transit Local bus Coach Taoyuan Airport MRT (A1 Taipei Main Station)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	TPE／02 (THSR) 100 (TR three-digit)[1] 1008 (TR four-digit)[1] A10 (TR statistical)[4] ㄊㄞ (TRA telegraph)
Classification	Special class (Chinese:特等) (TRA)[5]
Website	www.thsrc.com.tw/en/StationInfo/Prospect/53156954-1528-461f-af8b-54c517a435a4 (THSR) www.railway.gov.tw/taipei/(in Chinese) (TRA)
History
Opened	20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)[6]
Rebuilt	2 September 1989 (1989-09-02)[7]
Electrified	9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)[8]
Previous names	Taihoku (Japanese:臺北)
Key dates
25 August 1901 (1901-08-25)	Rebuilt
April 1918 (1918-04)	Relocated
1941 (1941)	Rebuilt
14 July 1985 (1985-07-14)	Rebuilt
2 March 2007 (2007-03-02)	THSR opened[9]
Passengers
122,150daily (2024)[10]
Services
Preceding station Taiwan High Speed Rail Following station Nangang Terminus THSR Banqiao towardsZuoying Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station Songshan towardsKeelung Western Trunk line Wanhua towardsPingtung
Location Taipei Location within Taipei Show map of Taipei Taipei Taipei (Taiwan) Show map of Taiwan

Taipei Main Station R10/BL12 台北車站
Entrance M4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	臺北車站
Simplified Chinese	台北车站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiběi Chē Zhàn Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ Wade–Giles Taipei Chechan Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Thòi-pet Chhâ-chhàm Southern Min Tâi-lô Tâi-pak Tshia-tsām
General information
Location	49 Sec 1 Zhongxiao W Rd Zhongzheng District,Taipei Taiwan
System	Taipei Metro station
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	No access
Other information
Station code	R10, BL12
Website	web.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=BL12+R10-051
History
Opened	25 December 1997 (1997-12-25)[11]
Key dates
24 December 1999 (1999-12-24)	Bannan line opened
Passengers
2016	322,380 daily (December 2024)[12]  0.02%
Rank	(Ranked 1 of 119)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station NTU Hospital towardsXiangshan orDaan Tamsui–Xinyi line Zhongshan towardsTamsui orBeitou Ximen towardsDingpu orFar Eastern Hospital Bannan line Shandao Temple towardsNangang Exhib Center orKunyang
Location

Taipei Main Station (Chinese:台北車站;pinyin:Táiběi chēzhàn) is a major railway and metro station inTaipei,Taiwan.^[13] It is served byTaiwan Railway,Taiwan High Speed Rail, andTaipei Metro. It is also connected through underground passageways tothe terminal station ofTaoyuan Airport MRT and theTaipei Bus Station. It is the busiesttransport hub in Taiwan.

The central building of Taipei Main Station is a rectangular building inZhongzheng District with six stories above ground and four stories below ground. The building is 149 m (488 ft 10 in) long and 110 m (360 ft 11 in) wide. The first floor has a large ticketing hall with askylight 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 areturnstiles for theTR andTHSR platforms, along with a myriad of underground passageways forTaipei Bus Station, theTaoyuan Metro station, andBeimen metro station.Zhongshan Metro Mall,Taipei City Mall,Station Front Metro Mall, andQsquare all connect on this level as well. TRA and THSR each have twoisland platforms at the B2 level. As forTaipei Metro, theBannan 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. TheTamsui-Xinyi line's entrance is directly under the station building at B3, and the platforms are at B4.^[14][15][16]

6F ｜ 3F	Taiwan Railways Administration offices	Taiwan Railway, Scheduling Control Center TR Employee Rooms YMCA, other private companies(Rented) TRA Auditorium
2F	Retail level	Taipei StationBreeze 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, THSRmilitary 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	Platform1A	THSR towardsZuoying(Banqiao)
	Island platform
	Platform1B	THSR towards Zuoying(Banqiao)
	Platform2A	THSR towardsNangang(Terminus)
	Island platform
	Platform2B	THSR towardsNangang(Terminus)
	Fifth track	West Coast line does not stop here
	Platform3A	West Coast line towardsTaichung,Kaohsiung(Wanhua)
	Island platform
	Platform3B	West Coast line towardsShulin(Wanhua)
	Platform4A	West Coast line towardsKeelung(Songshan)
	Island platform
	Platform4B	West Coast line towardsYilan,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
	Platform3	←Bannan line towardsNangang Exhib Center /Kunyang(BL13Shandao Temple)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Platform4	→Bannan line towardsDingpu /Far Eastern Hospital(BL11Ximen) →
	Control Center (Separate structure)	High-Capacity Traffic Control Center (Another traffic center exists)
B4	Platform1	←Tamsui–Xinyi line towardsTamsui /Beitou(R11Zhongshan)
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Platform2	→Tamsui–Xinyi line towardsXiangshan /Daan (R09NTU Hospital) →

• 
  The lobby of Taipei station, August 2018
• 
  The floor plan of the first floor of Taipei station, August 2019
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  TRA platform 3A, October 2018
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  TRA platform 3B, May 2019
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  TRA platform 4B, August 2015
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  A TRAEMU900 series train undergoing a test run at Taipei station, November 2020
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  THSR ticketing counters, August 2019
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  THSR platforms, February 2018
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  Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line concourse, April 2020
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  EasyCard top-up machines at the Taipei Metro concourse
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  A Taipei Metro sourvenir shop at Taipei Main Station, 2020
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  An inauguration plaque of the Taipei Metro at Taipei Main Station
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  A memorial plaque with a demarcation of the record flood levels ofTyphoon Nari on Taipei Main Station
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  Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line platforms, August 2019
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  Taipei Metro Bannan Line platforms, August 2019

Except for Service 583 and 598, all HSR services 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 southbound train of the day that departs from Taipei Station instead ofNangang station. Although Service 203 departs four minutes after Service 803, passengers traveling to major cities such asTaichung,Tainan, andKaohsiung will save time taking Train No. 203, while Service 803 is more suitable for those traveling to nearby cities such asTaoyuan orHsinchu.

• 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 Taipei,National Taiwan Museum
• Exit M7: Zhongshan N. Rd.
• Exit M8: Gongyuan Rd,YMCA Taipei

• Taipei Bus Station
• Qsquare
• Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei
• Zhongshan Station (R11,G14),Shuanglian station (R12)

• Palais de Chine Hotel
• Taipei Station Wholesale Market
• Beimen (G13)
• Taipei Main Station (A1),Taoyuan International Airport MRT

• 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 ofChunghwa Post

The first rail station in Taipei was completed inTwatutia in 1891, duringQing rule, when the railway toKeelung was opened for service.^[17][18] Initially, a temporary station was built while a permanent station was constructed in 1897, duringJapanese 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 railwaytunnel between Huashan andWanhua was built along with the present station building as part of theTaipei 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 theTaipei Metro. The metro station is connected to the basement of the railway station and opened to passenger traffic in 1997 to theTamsui–Xinyi line. It became a massive transfer hub with the opening of theBannan Line in 1999. Extensive underground malls now exist at the front and back of the station,^[20] which emulate those found inTokyo andOsaka,Japan. The station also became a terminus forTaiwan High Speed Rail trains when the network began service in 2007.

Taipei station and the area surrounding it have been undergoing renovation since 2005. Japanese architectFumihiko 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 theTaoyuan 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]

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