Stations ＼ Beimen

Beimen
It is on Songshan-Xindian Line (Green line) and the station code is G13. There are many ways to get to Beimen Station:
(1)Take Songshan-Xindian Line directly to Beimen Station.
(2)Take Tamsui-Xinyi Line to Zhongshan Station or Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall Station and transfer to Songshan Line to Beimen Station.
(3)Take Bannan Line to Ximen Station and transfer to Songshan-Xindian Line to Beimen Station.
(4)Take Wenhu Line to Nanjing Fuxing Station and transfer to Songshan-Xindian Line to Beimen Station.
(5)Walk through the Zhongshan Underground Metro Mall to Taipei Main Station. Walk toward Shinkong Mitsukoshi Department (Taipei Station Branch) and then you can reach Beimen Station.
Beimen is an underground station and it is also a heritage site. It was the Machinery Bureau back to the time of Qing Dynasty and a railway factory during Japanese colonial period. The underground floor is an open space for exhibiton, displaying carved ancient city gates, old trains and the reproduction of the excavation pits of the North Gate Remains. We can walk on the glass surface floor and look at the bricks and pipelines below.

Exhibition at Beimen Station	Displaying antiques under the glass
Remains of the arsenal of Qing Dynasty	Remains of the old wall under the station

Nearby Attractions
1. Beimen Ancient City Gate：Taipei city was built in 1884 and there were five gates. The North Gate is the national monument and it is the only gate of Fujian-style building that remains in Taipei. There are bulletproof holes on the gate for you to imagine the past.
2. Taipei Post Office：It is the oldest post office in Taiwan. It is the Grade 3 national monument, with the history of more than 90 years. It was built during the Japanese Colonial Period and the architectural design combined Baroque architecture and Greek architecture. It is one of the few post offices that open till nine p.m.
3. The Railway Division of Taiwan Governor-General’s Bureau of Transportation：It was the location of the Machinery Bureau back to the time of Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Colonial Period. When the west coast rail line opened, the vehicles needed to be repaired so the working area continued to extend. You can see two towers from the outside and there are classical columns and arches in the buildings. It is now the national historic site, a beautiful and unique historiography building.
4. Mitsui Warehouse：It is a red brick warehouse from the Japanese Colonial Period. It is one of the few buildings displaying the Mitsui Group’s diamond-shape trademark. The renovated historical building is now displaying valuable historical documents and artifacts about North Gate, Taipei Post Office and the Railway Division of Taiwan Governor-General’s Bureau of Transportation.

Beimen Ancient City Gate	The bulletproof holes on the gate
There are many related introductions at Beimen Square	Taipei Post Office
The Railway Division	Mitsui Warehouse