A new town full of new high-rises, with the Airport MRT running direct to the airport and to Taipei
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Linkou New Town has seen a huge influx of people in recent years - by the end of 2025 the whole area had about 138,000 residents. The main street in this neighborhood is Wenhua 2nd Road, which all the major bus routes run along; both sides are lined with newly built high-rises and residences. Linkou Station on the Airport MRT sits on the southern edge of the neighborhood, right next to Mitsui Outlet Park, Global Mall, and the Linkou Branch Library. Heading northeast from the outlet mall for about 400 meters brings you to Rotary Park on Zhongxiao Road.
In streetscape photos, this neighborhood ranks 2nd out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods for street environment, and 2nd for greenery as well. Lilin Elementary School and the Linkou Civil Sports Center are both within the neighborhood, so you don't need to go elsewhere for exercise or school.
Public transit here ranks 81st out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, toward the bottom. The Airport MRT only has one stop in this neighborhood, Linkou Station, and the station building sits right on the southern boundary at Bade Road. If you live in the southwest, around Nanshi Elementary School and Nanshi Street, you'll need to walk a long way or transfer by bus to reach the station. Linkou sits on a plateau at an average elevation of about 255 meters, with annual rainfall over 2,100 millimeters; the wind is strong too, making winters wet and cold.
Linkou was formerly called Shulinkou. In the late Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty, settlers came here to farm the land and built a settlement at the entrance to the forest - that's how the place got its name. Starting in 1968, the government planned to build a new town in Linkou, and the plan was formally announced and implemented in 1975, aimed at easing the population pressure in downtown Taipei. Mitsui Outlet Park opened in January 2016, and Linkou Station on the Airport MRT began service in March 2017. That same year, the athletes' village for the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade was built here; after the games it was converted into social housing with about 2,600 units.
Compared with the 100 New Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the New Taipei City Education Department's 2026 school-year catchment lists, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" marks a free-choice zone where families can pick between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more (OpenStreetMap), and large shopping malls and department stores (OpenStreetMap).
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