Twelve iconic landmark bus stops provide new tourist destinations in Taichung

Twelve iconic landmark bus stops provide new tourist destinations in Taichung

2023-08-02

Taichung City has 12 new tourist destinations. They’re special bus stops! Each stop is decorated with art reflecting the local society and culture. From the commercial world of Taichung Port to the rainbow symbolism of an art village, each stop is an advertizement for local culture. Let’s take a tour of the central city and check out some of its iconic destinations.

Peacock blue containers evoke a shop navigating the open sea under an azure sky. They look like a fashionable installation – but in fact they’re a bus stop.

This stop at Taichung Port Visitor Service Center sits at the front of the port, making these commercial shipping containers an extremely fitting material for the project.

A huge baseball bat and ball decorate another local stop. You can probably guess this is the stop for Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

Lego blocks are the bus stop for Ruei Cheng Elementary School in Dali District. They elicit a double take from many passersby.

Meanwhile, tourists take snaps of the distinctive stop at Feng Chia University, which features night market snacks like Takoyaki and a small sausage in large sausage.

This rainbow stop sits at Rainbow Village art commune.

Even this cute leopard cat is a bus stop. Taichung Transportation Bureau has built 12 special stops across the city, using elements of local culture to turn them into landmarks in their own right.

一站一特色中市12公車站變身網美打卡點

2023-08-02

到台中市搭公車，還能順便拍照打卡！市府交通局，融合城市風景，打造12座特色公車站，像台中港旅客中心站，結合"大船入港"意象，用「貨櫃屋」打造公車亭；而在洲際球場站，則融入棒球裝置藝術；另外逢甲商圈公車站，宛如夜市小吃攤，公車站變成另類景點。

孔雀藍貨櫃屋，在湛藍晴空下，洋溢濃厚的海洋風情，這間乍看創意時尚的造型貨櫃，其實是座公車站。

台中港旅客服務中心站，座落海港第一排，融合商船貨櫃，很道地。

鋁棒搭配棒球，兩大意象一高掛，這個公車站不難猜，沒錯，就在台中洲際棒球場正前方。

樂高積木變身大里瑞城國小公車站，經過的民眾，很難不多看它一眼。

逢甲大學公車站，遊客左拍拍、右拍拍，因為候車亭正上方，有章魚燒、大腸包小腸等夜市美食，辨識度超高。

七彩候車亭，是彩虹眷村站。

可愛的石虎，也來助陣。台中市交通局，在全市打造12處特色公車站，結合地景，讓車站變地標，讓「等公車」增添樂趣。

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