While visiting the booths at the exhibition, Ko reiterated that the light rail system connecting Keelung and Taipei should have its terminal station at the MRT’s Nangang Station, rather than the Nangang Exhibition Center Station. Making the latter the terminal station would sabotage the city’s plan to develop the Nangang (南港) area, which is centered around Nangang Station, Ko said. “We will discuss and coordinate with the Taipei City Government about the possibility of extending the light rail farther into the city center, so the benefits of the light rail system could be maximized by combining the light rail system and the city government’s plan to develop the Nangang area,” the ministry said. The light rail system will not interfere with the West Nangang Bus Station, regardless of whether the system’s terminal station is to be Nangang Station or Nangang Exhibition Center Station, it said. Taipei Deputy Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮) and Taipei Department of Rapid Transit Systems Director Chang Tzer-hsiung (張澤雄) have participated in the discussions over the light rail development project, it added.

Source: Taipei Times July 21, 2017 15:56 UTC