Taipei Metro’s capsule hotel allows nightshift staff to rest｜Taiwan News

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Hidden beneath Taipei Main Station is a capsule hotel with six sleeping pods and a shower room. The Taipei MRT provides this space for operations control center staff working the nightshift to rest and recuperate. But recently people online discovered it and have been asking if the rooms are available for public booking.

The Taipei Metro operations control center runs 24 hours a day, with staff working tirelessly to keep the MRT running safely. Thankfully, they have a place they can rest.

Chen Chih-fan
FTV reporter
Hidden underneath Taipei Main Station is a capsule hotel. To rest here, staff need to pass several checkpoints to get to this duty room. Let’s take a look inside.

Yang Tsung-che
Taipei Metro control center deputy director
There are showers here before entering the rest area so that staff can have a shower before sleeping and comfortably come to the on-duty room.

Inside there are six individual capsules each fully equipped with comfortable bedding. The lights are adjustable and each capsule can be closed for privacy.

The blinds block outside light, reduce noise, and ensure privacy for undisturbed rest. There are outlets for charging electronics and drawers for personal effects. There are also restrooms and showers, making the space comparable to commercial capsule hotels. But this space is only available to certain people.

Member of public
Curious about capsules
It’s very considerate, but the public can’t use it?

Member of public
Commenting on capsules
It looks like a standard capsule hotel. People would want to stay here.

The Taipei Metro made this rest area specifically for its staff, giving hardworking employees a place to recover and recharge.

Yang Tsung-che
Taipei Metro control center deputy director
We spent about half a year and around NT$1.5 million planning this area. It’s been in use for two or three years already. If we opened it up to the public, it might disturb the staff’s rest.

The Taipei Metro provides staff with this comfortable space to rest, so that they can come to work refreshed and motivated.

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