Taipei Transforms Subway Cars into Different Sport Venues For the Universiade Games

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In order to communicate the Taipei Universiade 2017 with the locals as well as encourage tourism for the dynamic event, the city authorities collaborated with Easycard Corporation to carry out the redecorating project for the MRT train carriages. Each of the hanging handrails is also decorated with the Taipei Universiade rules, history, and other information to educate passengers about the basics of the sports event.

[Image Source: Taipei Universiade 2017]

The Taipei City authorities are hopeful that these immersive sports decorations would boost the city's tourism as passengers are offered with a unique commute experience. The designs are especially immersive as the colors and image textures used to provide the illusion are of high quality.

捷運車廂也可以游泳（誤）喔！！要不要一起來玩呢！！ 如想搭這班車有什麼撇步呢？北捷資料顯示，該班彩繪列車從松山站發車時間分別是5:38、6:57、8:15、9:34、11:02、12:32、14:02、15:32、16:59、18:18、19:11、20:34和22:03；從新店站發車時間6:17、7:36、8:54、10:17、11:49、13:19、14:49、16:19、17:38、19:51、21:20、22:46。 ❤️Taipei Subway Cars Have Been Decorated To Simulate Various Sports Venues During The Coming Universiade In Taiwan❤️ ?In a little over a month, Taipei City will host the 29th Summer Universiade Games, which will be held from August 19 to August 30, and to build excitement over the coming competition the interiors of the city’s mass rapid transit (MRT) trains have been decorated in themes to match some of the major sporting events of the games. Taipei’s subway cars are now sporting themes such as track and field, soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming, and athletics throwing events. Photos of some of these new MRT themes have started to surface, with the simulated swimming pool in particular almost disturbingly realistic.? #世大運 #松山新店線 #游泳池車廂 #台北捷運 #北捷 #游泳池 #台北 #taiwan #taipei #taipeimetro #taipeisubway

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One of the most effective installations is the swimming pool floor where the rippling water gives the perception that you are actually stepping on the pool. Or at first glance, the train carriage seems to be flooded with water.

［支持世大運］ 331列車彩繪列車 整個車廂都是我的游泳池 準備好 預備 出發? take your marks 逼）跳水 #彩繪列車 #捷運 #世大運 #mrt #swimming #swimsuit

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Passengers are able to position themselves, standing or sitting, in different angles inside the carriage and take engaging photos as an athlete.

[Image Source: Taipei Universiade 2017]

The Universiade sports and culture event gathers student-athletes all over the world to compete and celebrate friendship and sportsmanship. To accommodate and host the various sporting competitions the city of Taipei constructed more than 70 venues. By installing the engaging floor designs, the city's Department of Information and Tourism aims to encourage tourists and residents to opt for the public transport when heading over to the different venues. This is the city's initiative to make the 2017 Taipei Universiade an energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly event.

It's not the first time this kind of immersive train carriage design has been pulled off. Last month, New York City transformed some of its subway trains to library book shelves in order to encourage people to read and be 'unplugged' instead of checking their social media accounts whilst on the train.

Sources: Taipei 2017 Universiade, My Modern Met

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