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Taipei Main Station 台北車站 Multi-cache

Hidden : 5/20/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


    Taipei Main Station is a transportation hub in the capital of Taiwan. Traveler can take trains, high speed rail, Taipei Metro, Taoyuan Airport Metro, and even highway buses to almost every cities in Taiwan here from the station. On the other hand, underground shopping streets also lie between structures of different transportation facilities, connecting with each station providing many kinds of foods, drinks and gifts.

    With such amounts of different systems all together in this specific area, route to each station would be complecated. That's why the station is so called the biggest maze in Taiwan. To solved this multi cache, hunters should pass through some area of this maze. I would try my best to make things clearer for hunters to get through.

    Luckily, underground structures are divided into different areas with their own letter code, such as M for the metro, R for ZhongShan Metro Mall, Y for Taipei City Mall, and so on. Entrances of each area have their own number starting with the code, which helps travelers identify their current location. If you are not familiar with Taipei Main Station, you can refer to here for a detailed map.


Stage 1:
    Please go to the provided coordinate. Here you can see an old steam train with a passenger car behind. This set of train were used in East Taiwan years ago transporting travelers in and out of Hualien. In what year was the passenger car first built? The answer is  (A)  C.E.

Stage 2:
    Standing right next to the train of stage 1, please search for a sign shown as the image below. This sign indicates entrances of Taipei Metro System.
taipei_metro

    The nearest entrance you find should be M1. Please go down the stairs and turn left at a square and walk straight down. Soon you will find an underground butterfly valley. Walk down the valley all along the slopes, you have to turn right  (B)  times.

Stage 3:
    After enjoying the scenic view of butterfly valley, please climb back the valley and found Exit R1 at the middle of underground shopping street. Now you have to get up stairs to ground level via this exit.
    After reaching the surface, you can see a building at your right side, the Taipei Bus Station. Please walk into the station and count out how many bus ticket counters are at 1st floor? The answer is  (C) .

Final Stage:
    The final coordination is N 25 XX.XXX, E 121 YY.YYY, where
      XXXXX = 2A + 56(B - C)
      YYYYY = 16A - 13B - 6BC

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre Gnvcrv Znva Fgngvba

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)