In Kaohsiung it’s the opposite. Red line is the favorite child, and Orange line (the one that comes to my neighborhood) gets the hand-me-downs. Red line also has all the malls and popular destinations. Orange line gets… well… my house, and that’s about it.
No issue with temperature in either train though.
I think it is because the trains are so crowded. Morning rush crowds are packed worse than sardines.
Human warmth.
It’s being done.
Train temp will be set to 23C instead of 26.
What about global boiling? Shouldn’t we all accept a little discomfort to save the planet?
Next stop: The platforms!
The Kaohsiung MRT platforms have these useless little rotating fans, and one has to walk around with the rotation to be able to enjoy the wind.
I hate rotating fans. When the fan isn’t on you it’s HOT and when it’s on you it’s a little cooler.
Problem is without AC the amount of wind needed to cool you would cause a headache.
I hate fans. I don’t like AC but it’s much better than without. I would rather live somewhere that don’t need AC, but those places are getting less and less.
In Taiwan you just need to go to a higher altitude.
I realize that, but then there are no jobs, cities, etc. at those high altitude.
Only Qunming is high altitude city, in China.
Didn’t you work as a translator before? You can do that at any altitude.
Why do you need a city?
I’m not getting steady work for translation. Actually my last work, which is a pretty significant money, won’t even pay me for whatever reason.
There’s ZERO guarantees with translation, they could just refuse to pay you with whatever excuse they will come up with and there’s nothing you can do about it. Also the entire industry is about dead, and will likely be largely replaced by AI in a few years. Back in 2010 it was better, but not anymore.
Can do it as a hobby, but it’s not a living wage.
Now if I got hired as a full time worker as a translator, then this is much less of a problem, however I also highly doubt most Taiwanese companies will hire you as a remote worker. That means you have to be located in a major city, which rules out living in Alishan (as much as I’d love to live there).
Anyways this is getting off topic.
At least the MRT is going to lower temperature. It’s about fucking time.
That will be nice. The stations are the real problem though. Some of them are clearly too hot.
As for the trains I just go stand under the AC. Its too hot if you sit down.
A lot of stations are just freaking hot, and the outdoor ones even more so. Not much they can do. Yellow line stations exceed 35 degrees C because it’s above ground.
Those ones are design failures for sure. The nearest station to my house tho, I can tell the difference when they turn the AC on properly or not. When they don’t its a crime.
It feels like 23 now. Thank God
At home my AC is set at 26-27C.
Trains need to be set much lower because of the amount of people in the confined space, and also because people usually walk 5-15 minutes in the heat to get to the train and need to quickly cool off.
That and the door keeps opening and closing which causes the air to leak out.
They should do it like the EU (and also the LRT) where you must push a button to open the door. This prevents unnecessary air leakage if no one is getting on or off.
Or just make the platforms the same temperature as the trains. I can understand if the concourse is hot. That doesn’t matter because people are only walking through. The platform, however, is where you actually wait for the trains, and should be air conditioned.
You can’t air condition above ground platforms. You’d have to build walls around them.
The underground ones sure, but most the underground stations are old and is open to the tunnels so keeping it air conditioned is a bit of a challenge. The newer sealed one is better but even then it’s still a challenge.
Yellow line is the worst.
Wasn’t talking about those. How many of those are there, anyway? There are only less than 10 of those in Kaohsiung.