What about Scotland?
No idea.
That wouldn’t work, to run express trains and ‘local’ trains on the same lines you need passing tracks - if you look at the Taoyuan MRT line some of the stations have 4 tracks, 2 for local trains to stop at and 2 for express trains to overtake them at. The only place for this on the red line at the moment is probably Beitou.
You know at peak times the train is full, as in more packed than sardines, and everyone gets off at honshulin. Because there’s only one way to get to danshui.
I couldn’t get it to pronounce the name right, but this worked way better than I expected. 
Took the MRT in Taipei today for the first time this year! Was mega crowded and I was really not looking forward to it given when a horribly humid day it was but pleasantly surprised that they seem to have set the aircon at a reasonable temperature, was almost pleasant!
Last year someone important complained that the red line trains smelled bad because the AC was set to 26 degrees, and often the train was freaking hot. Mayor told them to set it all to 23 from then on.
No idea why they set the AC temperature so high. The train moving a few km uses more electricity than them running with AC all day without stopping (meaning if you set it to like 16 degrees).
26 is way too hot
Should be 21 or 22
Honestly, on a vehicle it should just be set at like 16 or something. I’ve been on so many buses where they set it at some temperature and the AC rarely kicks on, leading to the bus being too hot and very humid. I’m not sure if they are on a mandate, but it sucks to get on a bus when it’s hotter than outside. I said this because AC accounts for very small percentage of the power used to move the vehicle, and moving the vehicle will cost far more in energy compared to AC. And it can get above 50C inside a bus if there is no air conditioning.
Idk…I can only set A/C to 26 and with low fan speed at night during Taiwan summers. And I still have light blanket over lower half.
Provided the A/C actually works a temp of 21 to 22 is comfortable for most people
And 10 degrees less than outside temp in summer is usually seen as pleasant. So if it’s 32 outside then 22 inside will normally be seen as comfortable after awhile
Not the moment you first step inside
Me too I like 25c on the thermostat best too in general
Burning out accumulated moisture maybe. That’s what we just had to do in our rental house which hasn’t been rented in a year. If you don’t get rid of the moisture it’ll stink worse.
Then in that case they should be setting the AC temperature very low, so that it runs nearly nonstop, because AC sucks moisture out of the air. The high temperature setting means moisture from the outside as well as all the people in it accumulates. It’s why so many houses in Taiwan are constantly moldy, because people either don’t use the AC, or size them incorrectly (like grossly oversized for their expected cooling load) leading to short cycling (which is bad, for both the AC and the room’s feel), or them not using it because of high electric bills.
Both methods work.
Electricity is practically free in Taiwan.
Took the MRT again today, at this rate I might have to consider the MEGA CITY PASS! Was again at a comfortable temperature despite being relatively crowded.
If you keep this up, you will be rivalling @Taiwan_Luthiers for highest ridership rate among forumosans! 
Guy
Yeah, the MRT temperature is mostly fine for me too, with the occasional exception. I’ve never accidentally boarded one of these purported >50°C buses either. Strange. Maybe it’s a Danshui thing, or maybe I’ve just been lucky. 