By KHT Staff
TAIPEI — Taiwan Railways Corp. (台鐵公司, TRA) says it will add 271 extra train services nationwide to accommodate travel demand during this year’s nine-day Lunar New Year holiday.
The holiday period runs from February 14 to 22, but the expanded service schedule will operate for 12 days, from February 12 to 23, according to a company statement.
Additional services include eight real-name registration trains on the eastern corridor, 20 EMU3000 express trains running between Changhua–Taipei–Hualien, six EMU3000 services on the Taipei–Kaohsiung–Taitung route, eight EMU3000 trains between Qidu and Changhua via the coastal line, and six EMU3000 services operating between Taichung and Chaozhou.
To boost capacity, TRA will suspend sales of family car tickets during the holiday period and sell them as regular seats instead.
TRA also announced that EMU3000 trains on the western main line will temporarily suspend non-reserved seating from February 12 to 23. Instead, 250 standing-room tickets will be sold per train on the day of travel. Passengers are prohibited from entering Car No. 6. Tickets can be purchased through TRA’s website, ticket counters, vending machines, or the “TRA eBooking” mobile app.
Advance ticket sales begin January 13 at midnight for eastern corridor reserved-seat trains, including Yilan, North-Link, South-Link, and cross-line services. Western corridor ticket sales open January 14 at midnight, with bookings available for travel through February 23.
Real-name eastern corridor trains open for booking at midnight on January 15 for passengers whose ID numbers begin with U or V, registered residents of Hualien or Taitung counties, and their spouses or first-degree relatives.
TRA added that Hualien County has applied to operate four special charter trains for homecoming and return-to-work travel, with ticketing details to be announced separately by the county government.
Source: Central News Agency (中央社)
