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The Taipei City Hall Bus Station (Chinese: 市府轉運站; pinyin: Shì fǔ Zhuǎn Yùn Zhàn) is a mixed-used skyscraper complex located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The architectural height of the building is 150 m (490 ft) and it comprises 30 floors above ground.[2]

Taipei City Hall Bus Station 市府轉運站
Taipei City Hall Bus Station
General information
Location	Keelung Road Xinyi, Taipei Taiwan
Operated by	Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	5 August 2010

Taipei City Hall Bus Station 市府轉運站
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Bus station, Department store, Hotel
Location	No. 10, Section 5, Zhongxiao East Road, Xinyi Special District, Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Construction started	May 26, 2006[1]
Completed	Oct 27, 2009[1]
Height	150 metres (490 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	30[1]
Floor area	144,037.15 m2 (1,550,403.0 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators	unknown

The lower floors of the building serves as a transportation hub for bus and metro, with the metro's Taipei City Hall Station incorporated into the basement.

The 8th to 31st floors of the building house the W Taipei, a five-star hotel operated by W Hotels. It offers a total of 405 guest rooms.[3] It started trial operations in February 2011, and official operations in March 2011.[4][5]

Overview

The station covers an area of 2,500 ping (7934 m²) and operates using a BOT scheme for 50 years under Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.[6] It is situated on the southeastern side of the intersection of Keelung Road and Zhongxiao East Road. The 150-meter tall station building has 31 stories above ground and 5 stories below. Plans for the station date back to 1998 under then-mayor Ma Ying-jeou.[7]

It houses facilities for a shopping mall (Uni-President Hankyu Department Store) and hotel. The shopping mall has nine levels (including two underground) and has a total floor space of 8,000 ping (26,446 m²).[8] The mall was expected to open by October 2010.[9] The station opened for service on 5 August 2010, and was estimated to serve around 10,000 bus commuters per day.[10] The entire station complex was expected to serve 100,000 people per day.[8] Since opening, ridership has been above expectations, with around 24,000 people using the bus services daily.[11]

The bus station is aimed at reducing congestion at Taipei Bus Station near Taipei Station,[10] as well as serving the bustling Xinyi District.[12] In addition to short-distance bus services, many long-distance bus services to cities in northern and central Taiwan originate from the station.

See also

• Taipei Bus Station
• Taipei City Hall Station

References

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