台中車站鐵道宿舍群

Taichung Railway Station Dormitories

September 27th, 2026

The area surrounding Taichung Railway Station was home to several generations of staff housing including a wooden dormitory complex on Fuxing Road (復興路) and several post-war apartment blocks scattered further afield. The older cluster was also known as the Fuxing Road Railway Dormitories (復興路台鐵宿舍).

Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — X

Fuxing Road Railway Workers Dormitories (復興路台鐵宿舍) — Walking along Fuxing Road to what was then the back of the railway station.

Peering Into The Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — Peering inside the ruins of a wooden dormitory.

Reflections in Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — Reflections on tile in one of the old residences.

Mud and Wood Not Worth Saving — A study of the building methods at the Japanese colonial era dormitory complex.

After Japanese staff were repatriated, Taiwanese and Chinese railway employees moved into the dormitories, among them Luo Yuchang (羅裕昌), the engineer in charge of electrifying Taiwan’s railways, and his wife, the writer Chi Pang-yuan (齊邦媛). The long-abandoned wooden dormitories were registered as historic buildings in January 2016, delisted six months later, and mostly demolished in late 2017; the three or four that remain at the back of the complex are badly deteriorated, and their fate is unknown as of 2026.

Post-War Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — The only remaining post-war dormitory in 2017.

Demolishing Post-War Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — The partial demolition aroused the ire of preservationists who were powerless to stop the destruction of the last apartment block.

Railway officials tore down part of the last remaining post-war apartment block behind what is now Fusion Space 1962 (富興工廠1962) in 2016, hours after then-mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) requested a pause under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, and later demolished the rest despite a campaign by local heritage advocates.

Ruins of Taichung Railway Station Dormitories (台中車站鐵道宿舍群) — A return visit in 2025 revealed a small number of extremely dilapidated structures remain next to the station.

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Recorded On

April 11th, 2016
January 1st, 2017
March 7th, 2025

Links

Taichu Renaissance Association (台中文史復興組合)
Facebook: Taichu Renaissance Association (台中文史復興組合)
The Memory of Taichung (臺中學資料庫)
Commonwealth Magazine (天下雜誌)

Themes

Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
Urban Exploration in Taiwan (台灣城市探險)
Railways in Taiwan (臺灣鐵路建設)

Nearby Locations

Taichung Railway Station Bunkers (臺中車站周圍防空壕及碉堡群)—0.05 km
Taichung Rear Railway Station (台中後站站房)—0.06 km
Taichung Railway Station No. 20 Warehouse Complex (20號倉庫群)—0.10 km
Taichung Railway Station (臺中火車站)—0.11 km
Taichung Wenqingguo Association (台中文青果組合會社)—0.15 km
Taichung Railway Station No. 27 Warehouse (臺中火車站附屬設施建築群27號倉庫)—0.24 km
Shengxiangtang Fuxing Factory (盛香堂復興廠)—0.24 km
Miyahara (宮原眼科)—0.30 km
Fengzhong Theater (台中豐中戲院)—0.30 km
Taichung Railway Station Xinmin Street Warehouses (新民街倉庫群)—0.32 km
Qingguo Hezuo Building (青果合作大樓)—0.32 km
Taichung Zhongshanlu Bridge (台中中山綠橋)—0.34 km

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