Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan

Headquarters building of the Railway Department

The Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan (Chinese: 台灣總督府交通局鐵道部) is a National Historic Site in Taiwan. The site, near the Taipei North Gate, was in use for railway administration during the late Qing dynasty, but the current extant building is a Japanese colonial administrative building in Taipei dating from 1919, used until 1945 as the headquarters of the Taihoku Railway Bureau and the Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan's Bureau of Transportation, and then from 1948 until 1990 as the headquarters of Taiwan Railways Administration. It was granted national monument status in 2007, and is a part of the National Taiwan Museum.^[1][2][3]

The Old Taipei Railway Workshop is also part of the historic site. It is located northwest from the headquarters building of the Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan.

On January 9, 2014, the National Taiwan Museum began repair work on the buildings.^[4] In 2016, the project was initially completed and on July 7, 2020, it officially opened to the public.^[5]

References

1. "Taiwan Railway Museum (臺灣總督府鐵道部)". Josh Ellis Photography. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
2. Hsiao, Sherry (2 November 2020). "Railway Building Wins Culture Award". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
3. "Railway Department Park". National Taiwan Museum. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
4. "鐵道部古蹟群修復 葉匡時現勘". CNA. 2014-01-18. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
5. 楊明怡 (2015-03-15). "鐵道部博物館 明春完工、後年開放". 即時新聞. 台北: 自由時報. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

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