Invaluable information for any forumosans who’ve never experienced walking before. So “look where you’re going”, basically.
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Except tripping on an escalator can be deadly.
So look where you’re going then. 
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I’d imagine they are only deadly to elderly etc. The elevators are for those people, not lazy teens.
An escalator isn’t an especially hard thing to navigate last time i checked.
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they are still MUCH faster than in hospitals
Trains travel faster underground than they do aboveground. So let’s say you want to get to Bali from downtown. The faster route will be the Orange Line (underground). The Red Line (aboveground after Minquan West Rd) will take longer, even though the two distances are similar.
Make sure to press yourself into an insanely crowded train, even though a train you know will be much less crowded is scheduled in 2 minutes (I’ll thank you for it).
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Yea I’m surprised how slow the red line is going above ground, no idea why. It’s painfully slow at times, especially weekends.
I didn’t know you could get to bali on the orange line.
how do you know how fast it’s actually traveling?
I suppose you could look at train schedules or there’s probably apps that measure it.
But I was surprised how long it’s taking getting from fuxingang to shipai, felt like an eternity. I’m wondering if they’re slowing down because of the train from beitou.
Honestly why aren’t anyone getting on the train at beitou station when there’s often an empty train waiting on the platform, everyone wants to cram into the train to danshui even if they’re not going anywhere north of beitou.
I think it’s just a perception of running faster in an enclosed tunnel. Changing speed would lead to safety problems by affecting spacing between trains, wouldn’t it?
It was more like they’re taking really long to stop at a station. I’m not sure if it’s done to maintain spacing. It happened around 4pm today, trains took nearly 30 minutes to leave from danshui to get to shipai.
A friend who lives in Bali timed both trips, and after some trials he found that the underground travel time is shorter. So now for his commutes, he takes a bus to Luzhou and get on the Orange Line instead of bussing to Guandu. I’d guess the reason trains go slower aboveground is to lower the noise level so as not to disturb people living along the tracks.
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I guess explains why it slows down massively between yuanshan and beitou…
They definitely slow down a lot at night for that reason.