Taipei Railway Workshop
The 16.82-hectare site on Civic Boulevard was the largest and oldest kind on the island. It closed in 2012. It was constructed in 1930 and featured distinctive structures such as a 168-meter-long train assembly shed. The operation was transferred to TRA Fugang Vehicle Depot (Chinese: 臺鐵富岡基地). The workshop was recognized as an "official national historic site" in 2015. The government of Taiwan says it is planning to transform the facility into a railway museum.
In popular culture
The Taipei Railway Workshop was featured in the 2013 Jay Chou film The Rooftop and in the 2014 Luc Besson film Lucy.
Gallery
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Side view of Workshop access tracks and rolling stock in December 2006.
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View of the Workshop from Taipei 101.
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View of the Workshop in 1935.
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Bathhouse of the Workshop.
Transportation
The Taipei Railway Workshop is accessible within walking distance northeast from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station or south from Nanjing Sanmin Station of the Taipei Metro.
References
- ^ "Restoration work starts on heritage railway workshop bathhouse - Focus Taiwan".
- ^ "Taipei Railway Workshop added to heritage list". Taiwan Today. March 16, 2015.
- ^ "關於北廠-反對臺北機廠成為北美二館" [About North Plant - against Taipei factory become the second museum in North America]. December 15, 2013. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
- ^ Lii, Wen; Shan, Shelley (16 March 2015). "Workshop named historical site". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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