Economic Affairs Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government was established to take charge of the highway engineering, transportation and motor vehicles administration of Kaohsiung City, which were originally governed by Taiwan Provincial Expressway Bureau, since the city became a municipality directly under the central government

The Motor Vehicle Office, Economic Affairs Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government was instituted to oversee highway transportation and motor vehicles administration of Kaohsiung City.

The Motor Vehicle Office Southern Branch was established in Lingya District to share the workload of the main office and for convenience of southern Kaohsiung citizens to apply related services.

In consideration of vehicle number had been increasing drastically every year, major transportation projects such as metro rail and High Speed Rail had commenced one after the other, the Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung City was officially established on January 1st, 2003. At the same time, the Motor Vehicle Office began to be administered by Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung City.

As Kaohsiung County merged with Kaohsiung City on December 25, 2010, the business of highways supervision which were authorized to Taipei City and Kaohsiung City were countermanded and coordinated by the central government.

Due to the reorganization, the Motor Vehicle Office was renamed as the Kaohsiung City Motor Vehicles Office, Directorate General of Highways, MOTC and subordinated to the Directorate General of Highways, MOTC. The Southern Branch was also renamed as Lingya Station.