This is why Amtrak runs single decker trains east of Chicago as well.
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Airline ticket pricing is like the most complicated thing in the world, algorithms, full time jobs, etc. are necessary just to determine how much any specific ticket should cost. Lots of factors and weirdness, such as flying to some city being more expensive than it is to buy a ticket going somewhere else that has a layover in that city. But don’t you try that hidden city thing… people gotten banned from airlines for trying that.
To be honest with you I don’t know why TRA trains delay so damn much. Often for no reason at all too. If trains in Japan delayed this much the entire staff would have committed seppuku.
In Taichung at the main station a man goes across the tracks to get to the other platform. No staff were present at the time to stop him. The man will be fined 10,000 to 50,000 NTD.
Stupid thing to do
Staff do it because they know where the trains are and their schedules (presumably) as well as how late they are…
Anyone else doing it, those Tzh Chang trains (or other higher speed trains like Puyoma) goes REALLY fast, and it would be seconds before you’re turned into minced meat.
Staff shouldn’t do it
Sets a bad example
Wait a cotton-picking minute… @tommy525 , are you trolling this forum?
Yea, it kinda does…
No I almost do a lot of things many many times before I actually do it when it’s no longer news
I actually got on the website and made a booking and when it came time to pay I chickened out
Tommy hates to pay unless absolutely absolutely 1000 pct necessary
Think my tombstone is gonna read:
Me No Pay
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Who decided it’s a good idea to have blue/pink seats in the train ? The fast local has them , and it’s pretty newish train , but the seats looks like someone had diarrhea.
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The committee no doubt
The committee decides everything
The committee always sets out to design a horse but ends up with a donkey
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Talking about foreigners
The foreigner couple in the photo, in their 40s, appeared to be tourists rather than living here, on the train from Keelung to Taipei, it may have appeared to many that they were not doing anything wrong, but I didn’t feel comfortable seeing how they blocked the seat and placed their feet on their suitcase, which was honestly a bit arrogant.
TRA trains have luggage racks, and it’s freaking annoying that people just blocks stuff with their bulky items. That stuff could have gone on the luggage racks.
I do think MRT trains need luggage racks because there’s a LOT of people with large luggage.
How do you know they were foreigners? They could have been Taiwanese who were born in Australia. Who are really thick skinned,
down to earth and don’t bear grudges for decades.
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I am the one who took the photo
Taiwan Railway Corp is assessing the possibility of rerouting the North Link Line after an earthquake in Hualien County that measured 7.2 on the Richter scale on April 3 destabilized ecological conditions along the route.
Following the earthquake, landslides damaged railway tracks on the 72.9km railway line connecting Yilan County’s Suao Township (蘇澳) and Hualien County, with mudflows covering the railway tracks a few times.
The section between Heren (和仁) and Chongde (崇德) — 10.1km in length — is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.
The state-run railway company is studying three possible options — building an overpass along the coastline, drilling a new tunnel inland or improving the safety of the existing route.
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If there was money for the new road, there must be for a new railroad.
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New Taipei has submitted a plan to the central government for the Minsheng Mass Rapid Transit Line, allowing direct trains between Keelung and Taipei’s Dadaocheng area, reports said Saturday.
The Minsheng Line would allow passengers to travel all the way between Keelung by way of Xizhi and Taipei’s Nangang District to the Dadaocheng neighborhood on the western side of the capital. The system would also include a depot in Keelung’s Badu area.
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Kaoshiung Station to trial a type of barrier at the train platform in April this year.
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Earlier today I was wandering around in the vast expanses of Nangang Station near the eastern edge of Taipei City. As many forumosans will know, Nangang is a “three-in-one” station with HSR, TR, and MRT trains operating in a sprawling complex with multiple malls in between. And in my exploring, I came across something new, at least for me:
This is a TR Lounge, styled somewhat like an airport lounge, located one story below gound level (the TR ticket gates are two levels below, and the platforms to board TR trains are three levels below). Intrigued, I asked a staff member if this space was reserved for VIPs or for TR business class ticket holders. If I understood him correctly, the answer seems to be “no”—this lounge is open to anyone. So if you want to travel in style, here’s a place to start (or end) your journey. Not a lot of people seemed to be in there, so perhaps enjoy it while it lasts.
Guy
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