Taipei Main Station

Taipei Main Station (Chinese: 台北車站; pinyin: Táiběi chēzhàn) is a major metro and railway station in the capital Taipei, Taiwan. It is served by Taipei Metro, the Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railway. It is also connected through underground passageways to the terminal station of Taoyuan Airport MRT and the Taipei Bus Station. It is the busiest station in Taiwan and one of the busiest stations in Asia, with more than 5,000 trains arriving and departing daily; on average, more than 600,000 people use Taipei Main Station every day.

Taipei

台北·臺北

Taipei MetroTaiwan High Speed Rail and Taiwan Railway station
Taipei Main Station is the busiest station in Taiwan and one of the busiest stations in Asia
Chinese name
Chinese台北·臺北
General information
Location3 Beiping W Rd
Zhongzheng, Taipei
Taiwan
Coordinates25.0475°N 121.5170°E / 25.0475; 121.5170
Distance
  • 6 km (THSR)
  • 28.3 km to Keelung (TRA)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station code
  • TPE/02 (THSR)
  • 100 (TR three-digit)
  • 1008 (TR four-digit)
  • A10 (TR statistical)
  • ㄊㄞ (TRA telegraph)
ClassificationSpecial class (Chinese: 特等) (TRA)
Website
History
Opened20 October 1891 (1891-10-20)
Rebuilt2 September 1989 (1989-09-02)
Electrified9 January 1978 (1978-01-09)
Previous namesTaihoku (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
Passengers
202256.817 million per year 51.38%
Services
Preceding station Taiwan High Speed Rail Following station
Nangang
Terminus
THSR Banqiao
towards Zuoying
Preceding station Taiwan Railway Following station
Songshan
towards Keelung
Western Trunk line Wanhua
towards Pingtung
Location
Taipei
Location within Taipei
Taipei
Taipei (Taiwan)
Taipei Main Station

台北車站
Taipei metro station
Entrance M4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese臺北車站
Simplified Chinese台北车站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáiběi Chē Zhàn
Bopomofoㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄜ ㄓㄢˋ
Wade–GilesTaipei Chechan
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳThòi-pet Chhâ-chhàm
Southern Min
Tâi-lôTâi-pak Tshia-tsām
General information
Location49 Sec 1 Zhongxiao W Rd
Zhongzheng District, Taipei
Taiwan
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesNo access
Other information
Station codeR10, BL12
Websiteweb.metro.taipei/e/stationdetail2010.asp?ID=BL12+R10-051
History
Opened25 December 1997 (1997-12-25)
Key dates
24 December 1999 (1999-12-24)Bannan line opened
Passengers
2016287,812 daily (December 2020) 0.02%
Rank(Ranked 1st of 109)
Services
Preceding station Taipei Metro Following station
Zhongshan
towards Tamsui or Beitou
Tamsui–Xinyi line NTU Hospital
towards Xiangshan or Daan
Ximen Bannan line Shandao Temple
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