Old Kaohsiung Station building gets 2-hour light show every evening
Old Kaohsiung Station building gets 2-hour light show every evening
2025-08-25
The old Kaohsiung Station building appears to be abandoned when a passer-by saw that its lights were off. The sight was all the more shocking, considering that it’s also a historic landmark placed proudly in the city’s central axis. Turns out it was only a misunderstanding, because around the end of July, the building now has a projection light show every evening from 7 to 9. The passer-by merely caught the few minutes before the show began.
A passer-by driving past Zhongshan Road in Kaohsiung saw that all lights were off at the old train station building.
But still, that didn’t stop some visitors from taking pictures with the building. But for the station, located right in the heart of the city, to have its lights out seems a little bleak indeed.
Kaohsiung resident
It should be lit up at night, otherwise we can’t see what makes Kaohsiung unique.
Kaohsiung resident
It looks better if it’s lit up, because I think this is our city’s landmark.
The old Kaohsiung Station building was designated as a historic site. As a landmark in central Kaohsiung, it has always been lit up at night. The view is especially attractive after dark, with some saying the view now resembles Tokyo’s famous Omotesandō. With the lights out, it does look a little lackluster.
Chang Po-yang
Kaohsiung City Councilor (Independent)
Some people believe that it’s quite a pity that whenever they pass by, they see that the historic building is still not being renovated, even more so considering that this historic site is also placed on the city’s central axis.
In response, the Railway Bureau clarified that the building is no longer being lit up at all hours in the evening because there’s now a light projection show on the site every evening from 7 to 9.
Wang chun-hsuan
Southern Region Engineering Branch Office, Railway Bureau
It’s probably because of timing. In order to ensure the quality of the light show, we do switch off the lights at the old station building temporarily.
After railway tracks in Kaohsiung were moved underground, the old train station building was moved back to the city’s central axis, as it was during the Japanese colonial era. Now, the old station building is welcoming a brighter future with the regular light projection show.
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獨家！舊高雄車站一片黑？ 鐵道局：規劃新光雕 提前關閉原本燈光
2025-08-25
高雄舊火車站是高雄相當知名的歷史建築，坐落在城市正中央，過去夜晚打上燈光，相當氣派，不過近日有民眾發現，車站站體變的黑壓壓一片，不如以往明亮，直呼很可惜。不過鐵道局則澄清，從7月底開始，每天晚上7點，車站外規劃了新的光雕投影秀，當時可能是光雕秀還沒開始播放，才引起民眾誤會。
晚間民眾開車在高雄中山路上，卻看見眼前舊高雄車站建築，一片烏漆嘛黑。
還有遊客摸黑和車站合照，少了燈光照映，市中心顯得黑壓壓，民眾感覺不習慣。
[[民眾]]
“晚上就是應該要打燈，不然這樣好像沒有高雄的特色”
[[民眾]]
“有打燈比較好看，因為我覺得這個是城市的地標”
舊高雄車站被定為歷史建築，身為高雄市區正中央的地標，過去夜晚打上燈光，站體看起來明亮氣派，被形容像日本表參道，對比現在民眾拍到的畫面，確實稍微黯淡。
[[高雄市議員 張博洋]]
“有些民眾還是會認為說，經過這裡，做為一個歷史古蹟，遲遲沒有修復，放在中軸線這樣一個歷史古蹟，確實會讓人覺得比較可惜一點”
面對民眾疑問，鐵道局則澄清，車站站體之所以沒有像以前一樣打上鮮明燈光，是因為現在每天晚上7點到9點，規劃了新的光雕投影裝置藝術。
[[鐵道局南部工程分局副分局長 王淳玄]]
“或許是因為時間差的關係，為了避免影響展演的效果，會把老站照明的燈光先暫時關閉”
高雄火車站地下化之後，舊車站歷經搬遷，2021年才終於重回高雄市的中軸線。光雕投影變換，把高雄的歷史故事映照在外牆，鐵道局用另一種方式照亮高雄車站。
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