A riverside strip where industry gave way to housing — the left bank of Zhonghe
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Zhongyuan is a riverside neighborhood that has gradually shifted from an industrial area to a residential one. The neighborhood's northeast edge runs along Section 3 of Huanhe West Road, with the Xindian River waterfront just outside it. New developments west of Huazhong Bridge are concentrated around Zhongyuan 5th Street and Zhongyuan Street, and realtors have nicknamed the area "Zhonghe Left Bank". Getting around relies on Zhongyuan Station on the Circular Line, located near the intersection of Bannan Road and Zhongzheng Road, with its two platforms stacked on the 3rd and 5th floors.
Public transit ranks 10th among New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, thanks to this station. Street-view photos rank the buildings here 17th, putting it in the upper tier among the 100 neighborhoods. If you want to cross the river, Huazhong Bridge just outside the neighborhood's east side opened in 1976; cross it and you're in Wanhua District, Taipei City. Right at the bridgehead is Huazhong Bridge Riverside Park, which everyone calls Dinosaur Park.
Healthcare isn't very convenient here—medical services rank 63rd among New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, so you should plan on heading outside the neighborhood for that. Daily shopping ranks 51st, toward the lower end of the middle tier, meaning you'll need to go outside the neighborhood for errands too. Check the school zoning first. Even though Guangfu Elementary School sits right in Zhongyuan Village, both Zhongyuan Village and Yuanfu Village fall under open enrollment on the zoning charts, with no default assigned school. Yuanshan Village, meanwhile, is split between Jisui Elementary School and Haishan Elementary School in Banqiao District.
During the Qing dynasty and the Japanese colonial period, this area was called Yonghe; it wasn't renamed Zhongyuan Village until after the war. Today's Yonghe Road in Zhonghe comes from that history and has nothing to do with the later Yonghe District. Huazhong Bridge opened in 1976, connecting Zhonghe to Wanhua District in Taipei City. The Circular Line opened in 2020, and Zhongyuan Station opened along with it. After the April 2024 Hualien earthquake, the Banxin–Zhongyuan track section shifted out of alignment, forcing Zhongyuan Station to suspend operations; service didn't resume until December 12.
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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