Old Taichung Train Station

A century-old station of Taichung in the Baroque-style
The (Old) Taichung Train Station, which witnessed the development of Taichung, was built as an imitation Baroque style building in 1917 during the Japanese rule. The exterior shows a gable design with a white-washed pebble ring and red bricks, and there is also a magnificent bell tower on the roof. The building still stands firm after experiencing the different eras. It was not only an important transportation hub, but also a national monument symbolizing the times.
The elevated railroad has brought Taichung into a new era, and the train station also retains the coexistence of “three generations of the station” - the new station, the old station, and the current station. The station plaza is equipped with pavements, greenery, paths and sidewalks in the surrounding areas, and accessible pathways, in order to create a modernized urban leisure activity space. With the adjustment of road design and landscape reconstruction, the modernized plaza and green leisure imagery is well integrated with the landscape of the century-old station, to re-construct and revitalize the facades of the former times.