Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) broke ground on a section of a planned Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in New Taipei City’s Shulin District (樹林) on Friday.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the 6.6km section marked the beginning of the second phase of the construction of Taipei’s Light Green Line, which is to connect the two cities, the New Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems said.
The Light Green Line, also known as the Wanda-Zhonghe-Shulin Line, is to connect Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station in Taipei and Huilong Station in New Taipei City’s Xinzhuang District (新莊), and expand the MRT network to Shulin for the first time, the department said.
After several failed bids, the development of the Taipei Main Station Gemini C1/D1 building with an estimated total investment of 60 billion yuan will started the new construction yesterday (11/11/2022) and is expected to be completed in 2027.
the two towers are 289 meters and 369 meters high respectively. The 55-story C1 tower is commercial office space, and the 74-story D1 tower contains commercial office space, star-rated hotels, landscape restaurants and observation decks
Taipei Twins officially launched! Completion in 2027
