Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng went to Taoyuan District this morning (10th) to attend the "Taiwan Railway Taoyuan New Station Groundbreaking Ceremony". Mayor Zhang said that Taoyuan Station has a daily passenger volume of 53,000, making it the second-largest station on the Taiwan Railways line. The official start of construction of the new Taoyuan Station today is also an important milestone in Taoyuan’s transportation development. He looks forward to the new station in Taoyuan. The station can be completed on schedule and with high quality, allowing Taoyuan City to reshape the urban landscape with the new station as the core.
Mayor Zhang said that in line with the Taoyuan Railway undergrounding plan, Taoyuan New Station will be built in a co-structural manner with "railway on top and MRT on the bottom". The Municipal Rapid Transit Bureau is also actively handling the MRT Green Line preparatory project to ensure that Cooperating with the construction schedule of Taoyuan New Station, the project can be progressed steadily. In addition, the city government is also embarking on urban planning and transportation route adjustments for the front and back stations in Taoyuan, as well as the renewal of the old urban areas at the front and back stations. It is expected that with the completion and opening of the new Taoyuan station in the future, Taoyuan City will have a new look.
Chen Yanbo, Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transportation, said that the total length of the Taoyuan Railway underground route is about 18 kilometers, which will eliminate 20 level crossings, 8 land bridges and 8 underground tunnels. By then, Taoyuan's urban landscape will be reversed, and Taoyuan's new station will also be It will be co-constructed with the Taoyuan MRT Green Line and MRT Brown Line to provide more convenient transportation services; in addition, the design of Taoyuan New Station also integrates elements such as modernity, art, aesthetics, humanities and history, etc. It is hoped that the central, local and engineering teams will With the joint efforts of the Taoyuan New Station, the Taoyuan New Station will be completed on schedule and with high quality, bringing a better travel experience to Taoyuan citizens.
The National Construction Engineering Bureau stated that the underground Taoyuan Railway plan includes the reconstruction of three stations including Taoyuan, Neili, and Zhongli, and the construction of five new commuter stations including Fengming, Zhonglu, Taoyuan Hospital, Zhongyuan, and Pingzhen. The total project cost is approximately 1,048. billion. In order to continue to maintain passenger services during the construction period, the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation opened the Taoyuan temporary station in June 2019. The underground railway project of the Taoyuan station section is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. The new Taoyuan station is planned to have three floors above ground and two floors underground, and will have 2 With an island platform, 3 entrances and exits, and providing platform service facilities such as elevators and escalators, the newly built Taoyuan Station and the development building built by the Taiwan Railway Company are expected to become Taoyuan's new landmarks and will at the same time stitch together the urban development on both sides of the railway. , promote the effective development and utilization of land along the line, which will be of great help to improve railway transportation services in Taoyuan area and accelerate urban development.
Today includes legislator Wan Meiling, city councilors Lin Zhengxian, Chen Meimei, Huang Wanru, Huang Jiaqi, Huang Qionghui, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation Chen Yanbo, Railway Director Yang Zhengjun, Municipal Transportation Director Zhang Xinfu, MRT Bureau Chief Engineering Department Lin Yichang, Taoyuan District Mayor Xu Minsong, Taiwan Feng Huisheng, General Manager of the Railway Company, Rodrigo Louro, the architect of Mecanoo International Architects Office, Michiya Tadamatsu, Deputy Director of the Tokyo Headquarters of Nissho Hua Dalin Construction Co., Ltd., etc. all attended the ceremony.