The lone surviving structure of the original Taipei Workshop (臺北工場), the rolling stock assembly and maintenance facility of the Japanese colonial era Railway Department, built in 1909. The main industrial site moved to Songshan in 1934 and most of the old workshop buildings were torn down or converted into staff housing; this car repair hall was retained and put to use after the war as the auditorium of the Taiwan Railways Administration. As of the mid-2020s it is undergoung restoration work just north of the Railway Department Park and is not yet open to the public as of early 2026.
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Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.