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]
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 Main 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.
