Taipei City Mall located in at the intersection of the Daan and Zhongzheng Districts in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. It is the first and one of the most popular underground markets

Underground city

An Underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of these. The term may also refer to a network of tunnels that...

 in Taipei City. It is located under Civic Boulevard

Civic Blvd Expressway

The Civic Blvd. Expressway is a 4 to 6-lane highway located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was completed in 1997 as part of a multi-modal reconstruction project to improve transportation networks in congested central Taipei...

 (市民大道), Section 1.

Structure

It is about 825 meters long, and has 28 exits/entrances, 14 each on the north and south sides. It is connected with Taipei Main Station

Taipei Main Station

Taipei Station, also called Taipei Railway Station or Taipei Main Station , refers to the old downtown region in Taipei City, Taiwan, where different modes of public transport systems converge; the station is at the center of this region...

 of the Taipei Metro, Taipei Station

Taipei Main Station

Taipei Station, also called Taipei Railway Station or Taipei Main Station , refers to the old downtown region in Taipei City, Taiwan, where different modes of public transport systems converge; the station is at the center of this region...

 of the Taiwan Railway Administration

Taiwan Railway Administration

The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...

, and the Shin Kong Life Tower

Shin Kong Life Tower

Shin Kong Life Tower is one of the tallest buildings in Taiwan at 51 stories . The rose-coloured skyscraper topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei. Its first twelve floors and two underground floors house a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store; the remaining floors provide...

. At the west end of the market is the future Beimen Station

Beimen Station

The Taipei Metro Beimen Station is a planned station on the Songshan Line located in Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The station is scheduled to open in 2013.-Station overview:...

(currently not accessible). There are a total of 187 shops in the market.

The first floor underground consists of shops, while the second floor underground is a parking lot. The mall is divided up into 3 main sections: clothing, electronics, and food.

History

• October 1992: The Taipei City government decided to demolish the Chunghwa Market (中華商場).
• March 2000: The Taipei Underground Market was opened with shops made available for 810 of the original tenants of the demolished market.
• March 15, 2004: The Station Front Metro Mall was re-opened, allowing the rest of the 254 tenants of the original Chunghwa Market to open for business there.