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Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan

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The Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan 台灣總督府交通局鐵道部 is a National Historic Site in Taiwan, also known as the Taihoku Railway Bureau or the Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan's Bureau of Transportation. The site, near the Taipei North Gate, was in use for railway administration during the late Qing, but the extant building is a Japanese colonial administrative building in Taipei dating from 1919. It was granted national monument status in 2007, and is a part of the National Taiwan Museum.

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Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan
Section 1, Yanping North Road, Taipei Datong District

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103011 Taipei, Datong District
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