If they use the same track for the KeeLung line as they do for the blue line (Std Gauge, 750V DC 3rd rail) then I suppose they could track share from Nangang Exh Hall to Nangang. Or even do something where the blue line terminates/starts at Nangang but always at the same platform and the KeeLung line terminates/starts at the other platform there allowing people to walk across the platform to swap between the lines/trains.
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I’ve witnessed a funny scene today at the MRT. A woman’s dress got caught on a guy’s backpack. It took him almost a minute to free the dress from the small chain or whatever it was. It was a race against the clock because she wanted to get off at the next station. It could have been the beginning of a beautiful love story. Unfortunately, she was well over her sixties and he was a teenager.
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On the Taipei MRT a woman attacks a guy with a knife. She was subdued by other passengers. Two people injured.
Google translated:
A 42-year-old woman surnamed Wang attacked passengers on a Taipei MRT train with a box cutter at about 10 o’clock in the evening on the 8th, causing panic among the people at the scene. After the train stopped at Xinpu Station, the princess was restrained by enthusiastic tourists and the police. A total of 2 people were injured in this case. A netizen posted a picture of a passenger restraining the princess in the train, saying, “If you really take the MRT in the future, you have to observe the surroundings. It’s scary to death.”
Netizen chienchien86 posted a clip of the car on Threads. The video shows that the princess and a man were standing near the car door. At this time, the man’s face was covered with blood. He first grabbed the princess’s hand and the knife to prevent the other party from attacking again. Passengers next to the carriage were surrounding him.
At this time, a man wearing a mask came forward from a distance, grabbed the princess’s hand and the knife, and tried to take it off with force. Upon seeing this, the surrounding passengers immediately stepped forward and worked together to suppress the princess, allowing the injured man to escape.
Netizen chienchien86 said that at 10:10 pm on the 8th, he heard a loud sound of a mobile phone being thrown to the ground in the carriage. When he looked up, he immediately heard someone yelling. When he turned around, he saw a male student with blood all over his face, " Thanks to the brave uncles who rushed to subdue her, and later suppressed her at Xinpu Station and waited for the police to arrive." “I was really in shock for a moment. It wasn’t until I played back the video that I realized she had a utility knife.” "I will really You have to observe your surroundings when taking the MRT, it’s scary.”
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A lady’s umbrella got caught in the escalator wall a couple days ago. As she tried to free it by walking backwards on the escalator… I was behind her doing my best to avoid the impending collision.
Just a really unfortunate translation 
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These incidents have in my memory often been on the Blue Line as it heads out to the wilds of Banqiao and Tucheng. I remember then seeing the security guys pacing the train cars as the train headed under the river leaving Taipei. What’s with that stretch that leads to these incidents?
Guy
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Longer between stations?
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Right! Now I remember. That stretch from Longshan Temple MRT Station to the other side of the river is the longest stretch of riding without a station in the system.
Either that or it’s despair over going to Tuchung. 
Guy
The district court is in Tucheng… he may be there to face the music.
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I thought this latest case was a woman gone beserk.
Guy
I would be tempted to beat that woman’s ass but I’m sure in Taiwan I’d be charged with assault. 
Danshui line slowed down and stopped for several minutes per station today, anyone know why? It would go down one station, stop for several minutes, and then down the next, stop for several more minutes.
Let people on and off the trains. They would fall down if it didnt stop.
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so no announcements, no accidents, earthquakes, terrorism, or whatever?
Can’t you just search for something in the Taiwanese news? If anything major happened, I would have thought it would show up there. Better than asking a bunch of mostly foreigners.
From what you wrote, if it’s true, it sounds like the train just needed to create more space, e.g., because of a malfunction uptrack.
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For example a signal malfunction so they need to take an extra buffer zone
a board meeting decided to reduce frequent passenger cashback rates from 10-30 percent to 5-15 percent, a measure set to be introduced in the first half of 2025, after a report is submitted to the Taipei City government.
Expected 300,000 passengers to be effected by the change. TPass price will not change.
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Means more people will buy tpass, or at least the shorter tpass they’re talking about adding.
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So to summarize the anticipated new Taipei MRT arrangement coming in 2025: base fares will remain unchanged; TPass fare will remain unchanged; but the discount scheme for those who ride 11+, 21+, 31+, 41+ etc times per month will be hacked down to a lower percentage.
Not awesome news—I like discounts as much as the next guy—but it could be worse as the base fares are already very reasonable given the quality of system.
Guy
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