Old market streets on both sides of a station that spans the tracks, with a night market on Bo'ai Street
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Shulin District has about 177,000 people. After industry took off in the 1970s, a lot of people from rural areas moved here for work. Daily life in this area starts from Shulin Station, with about 29,000 people passing through every day. Coming out the front side is Zhenqian Street, where the District Office is located; coming out the back side is Zhongshan Road. Bo'ai Street, which runs parallel to Zhenqian Street, is a lively commercial area, and Shulin Night Market is on this street.
The station building spans the tracks, with ticketing and service facilities on the third-floor lobby, where you can access both the front and back sides. When the station building opened in 1997, the starting point for Eastern Main Line services changed from Taipei/Banqiao to Shulin, and now most reserved-seat trains heading east also depart from here. Errands and school are all within the neighborhood—the District Office and Shulin Elementary School are within walking distance. Based on street view photos, greenery ranks 43rd out of New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, placing it in the upper half.
Most blocks in this neighborhood are more than 500 meters from the station, and daily convenience ranks 37th. Shulin's public retail market closed because the city government stopped renewing the lease starting in 2015; for groceries you'll need to walk to Bao'an Temporary Market outside the northern boundary, or go to a private market. Sidewalks rank 64th, the lowest ranking among all the categories for this neighborhood. Construction on the Shulin section of the Tucheng-Shulin Line began in 2022, and there will be construction around Zhonghua Road near the southern boundary.
One story about the name Shulin says that during the Qianlong era, the Dakekan River often flooded, so three people named Zhang, Wu, and Ma planted trees on the high ground along the riverbank to stop the soil from washing away. The trees eventually grew into a forest (shulin), and that's how the place got its name. The station opened here in August 1901 under the name Shulin Tingchechang (train stop). In 1906, Huang Chunqing founded the Shulin Liquor Company, using red yeast rice to brew Honglu wine. By 1965, annual Honglu wine production throughout Shulin exceeded 100,000 hectoliters, earning Shulin the nickname "hometown of Honglu wine". The station building spanning the tracks was completed in September 1997, giving the station its current form. The Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau's Shulin Winery closed in 2000 and was demolished in 2004; the site was redeveloped into Datong Technology Park.
After crossing Chenglin Bridge into Shulin, the Tucheng-Shulin Line follows Zhonghua Road, Bade Street, and Da'an Road, then turns onto Zhongzheng Road to connect with Huilong Station in Xinzhuang. This line has 7 stations in Shulin District and is expected to be completed in 2031.
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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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