Xinban Special District (), also known as New Banqiao Station Special Zone, is located in Banqiao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. The total area of Xinban Special District is 54 hectares. It was designed in the 1990s and developed from the 2000s onward, when New Taipei was still Taipei County. Xinban Special District is the prime central business district, administration center, shopping center, and transport hub of New Taipei City. Important infrastructure, such as Banqiao station, New Taipei City Hall, New Taipei Citizen Square and NTPC Banqiao Bus Station, is located within this area.
Historical Development
The old Banqiao Station of the Taiwan Railway was built in 1952 near the Fuzhong metro station. Before the 1990s, when the Taipei Metro did not share the commuter transportation in Greater Taipei, its daily inbound and outbound passengers reached more than 60,000 passengers, the station with the second most traffic on the entire line, after Taipei Main Station. Since the old Banqiao Station could not handle the growing number of passengers, and the surrounding hinterland was limited, the area around the station was purchased by the Taipei County Government to build the new Banqiao Station (while the railway was underground). The above area covers an area of about 19 hectares, which was the earliest prototype of the Xinban Special District. The scope and planning of the Xinban Special District was later upgraded to the current 54-hectare area with reference to the research conclusions of the Institute of Architecture and Urban-Rural Development of National Taiwan University on the urban and rural development of Taipei County to construct a CBD on the west bank of Tamsui River, and promote the relocation of the former Taipei County Government Building in Fuzhong.
There are currently 5 department stores in Xinban Special District, forming the Xinban Commercial District. Department stores in the commercial district include Far Eastern Department Store, Global Mall Banqiao Station, Mega City, Eslite Bookstore Xinban Store, and Hi Mall. Since 2010, Xinban Special District also hosts the annual Christmasland in New Taipei City, which is Taiwan's largest Winter Festival, attracting up to 6 million visitors annually.
Main Buildings Block Name Floor Height (m) Floor Area (m2) Status Completed Usage Note Government New Taipei City Hall 33 140.45 159,508.29 Completed 2003 Government 92板使字第00097號， Government Revenue Service Office, New Taipei City Government 10 38.3 23,126.82 Completed 2001 Government 90板使字第00560號 Station Banqiao Station 25 116.8 310,207 Completed 1999 Station Special 1-1 Modesty Home 26 122.3 26,363.09 Completed 2013 Residential Special 2-1 Hi Mall 16 98.95 58,979.47 Completed 2010 Commercial 99板使字第00422號 Special 2-1 Taipower Xinmin Office Building 17 93.8 48,192.54 Completed 2015 Government 104板使字第00337號、102板使字第00494號 Special 2-2 Panhsin Twin Towers 34 182.93 100,670.03 Completed 2009 Office Commercial (Eslite Bookstore Xinban Store) Residential Special 2-2 Shin Kong Life Xinban Financial Building 17 78.95 26,874.31 Completed 2017 Office106板使字第00135號 Special 2-2 Caesar Park Hotel Banqiao 31 141.4 92,561.895 Completed 2017 Hotel106板使字第00317號 Special 2-3 Mega City 13 68 131,730.59 Completed 2011 Commercial100板使字第00230號 Special 2-3 Far Eastern Mega Tower 50 220.6 122,929.02 Completed 2013 Commercial Office102板使字第00608號 Special 2-6 Bridge Upto Zenith 37 146.1 170,872.1 Completed 2012 Residential99板使字第00555號
Transportation Rail Metro Taipei Metro Bannan line : Banqiao station Circular line : Banqiao station Taiwan Railway Taiwan Trunk Line: Banqiao station
Road Provincial Highway 3 Provincial Highway 64 Xianmin Boulevard Hansheng East Road
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See also Xinyi Planning District Xinzhuang Sub-city Center Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District Qingpu Special District Urban planning in Taiwan
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