On August 1, 1946, the Automobile Office, Railway Management Committee, Department of Transportation was reorganized as Highway Bureau of Taiwan Province, promulgated by the Taiwan Chief Executive, to take charge of highway transportation business.

        After the Taiwan Provincial Government was established in May, 1947, it was renamed Highway Bureau of Taiwan Province, under the jurisdiction of Department of Transportation. In 1949, Construction Office was established to administer highway construction business in Taiwan Province. Since then, the businesses of Highway Bureau have included engineering, transportation, and supervision.

        In 1952, the Highway Bureau divided supervision from transportation business, and established Kaohsiung Motor Vehicles Office, which was renamed the 5th District Motor Vehicles Office of Highway Bureau in 1966, followed by the establishment of four stations – Pingtung, Taitung, Penghu, and Cishan within its jurisdiction.

        Hengchun Substation was established in September 1981, and became an affiliate under the jurisdiction of the subordinates of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications on July 1, 1999, pursuant to the Provisional Regulations for Each Motor Vehicles Office, Highway Bureau of Ministry of Transportation and Communications stipulated in Article 11 of the Provisional Regulations of Highway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications in the 2nd Paragraph, Article 5 of the Provisional Statute for the Reorganization of Taiwan Provincial Government. Furthermore, for the legalization of government organizations, the Organic Act for Each Motor Vehicles Office, Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Transportation and Communications was enacted by the President on January 21, 2002 after it was approved in the third reading of the Legislative Yuan, and then was put into effect since January 30, 2002 with the approval of the Executive Yuan in the document of Yuan-Tai-Wun-Zih No. 0910004320-A dated January 29, 2002. In the meantime, Hengchun Substation was renamed Hengchun Substation, Pingtung Station, Kaohsiung Motor Vehicles Office, Directorate General of Highways of Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

        Initially, Hengchun Substation ran its business in a rented office at No. 32, Wunhua Road, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, and undertook motorcycle business only. Later, due to aged building and business demand, Hengchun Substation moved to the current location - No. 11, Caopu Rd., Hengchun Township, Pingtung County in April 1991, where the land was borrowed from Hengchun Station, Fonggang Branch, Third Maintenance Office, Directorate General of Highways. The business scope has also expanded over the years to meet general needs, currently including various automobile businesses (except for automobile road test, automobile inspection, learner’s permit, vehicle loan business, and new license plate registration for imported cars) in addition to motorcycle business.

        The land purchased from the maintenance work of Taiwan Motor Transport Company in 2006 served as the new space for our substation to move in. The reconstruction took a year to complete. Starting from April 30, 2007, we began to provide our services for residents in Hengchun, Manjhou, Mudan, Shihzih, Checheng, Fangshan, and other townships at this location. The area is spacious with a bright and comfortable environment, earning praises from all the people who visited our substation. We have also reserved land for vehicle inspection and road test sites, for the purposes of expanding our services in the future.