Taipei Railway Workshop Restored Into Museum

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Taiwan’s oldest railway yard, which has its origins in the 1930s, is reopening to the public. It’s been turned into a museum as part of a government plan going back nearly 10 years.

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00:00A retired diesel-powered locomotive from the late 1990s now turned into a living museum piece

00:09ready to be back on track for a new generation of passengers.

00:13After nearly a decade of planning and restoration,

00:16Taiwan's culture ministry is opening parts of the National Railway Museum to the public on July 31st.

00:30It's been a long time. Today I'm very grateful for all of the children and all of the people's struggle,

00:37including the fight against the fight against the war, and the recovery, and the recovery.

00:41It's a very, very hard process.

00:48One of the few industrial museums in the country, the Taipei Railway Workshop was first known as the Taihoku Railway Workshop,

00:55set up in 1935 during the Japanese colonial era.

01:00Located in the heart of Taipei, it used to be the country's largest base for maintaining rolling stock,

01:06and is overseeing over 80 years of railway evolution.

01:10Since the yard was relocated in 2013, it was named a National Heritage Site in 2015,

01:16collecting dust and rust until an official plan for repurposing it kicked off the next year.

01:25Visitors will now get to experience the daily lives of railway engineers in the past,

01:30such as their workstations, and even bathhouses.

01:34The National Railway Museum will fully open in the next few years as the restoration work continues,

01:39welcoming railway enthusiasts and all those who grew up with the significance of this workshop to revisit the past.

01:45Harwo Zhang and Nairin Lin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.

01:50Min mim last week'sє

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