Has anyone tried to go IN and OUT a train station (TRA) without riding a train? Will you be charged or it has allowed time without getting charged?
Why?
you can ask for a platform ticket, which allows you to go in and out, without boarding a train (e.g. to help someone with suitcases, or to say goodbye). it costs 10 or 20 nt$ i think.
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Platform tickets are no more.
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Happened to me at Ruifang a few years back when the train to Pingxi was āsomewhat overcrowdedā (there were more left behind than managed to squeeze onto the train), so I decided to give it a miss, and my YoYo Card got hit for NT5 or something on exit. I made some noise and they handed me the amount in cash.
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I think that is probably because people kept sneaking on the trains for free.
I need to go to the other side of the station on a daily basis. passing through the station is the shorter way.
So if you use an EasyCard, they will probably charge you NT$5 each time?
You made some noise for NTD5? Jesus. Iād hate to see you get bumped from a long haul flightā¦
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Friends and I did that ruse often in U.Kā¦
Rules where they couldnāt fine you if you had one 
only ask for fare.
Best one 5 of us got on using the platform ticket, inspector got on the train checked so we all paid as he checked each, friend last one, inspector said why do you have a platform ticket but on the train? He said: my mates were going I was seeing them off, they persuaded me to go with them when train arrived.
He said but you all have one? None you going then suddenly decided 
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Lets just say that I was grumpy at having missed out, and was less than impressed at being charged for the āprivelageā. I didnāt actually expect a ārefundā. The Taiwanese in the same situation were a tad more noisier.
Perhaps it was the the ethics of charging more than the amount charged?
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Thereās no ethics around a nickel. Itās chump change.
Anyone that believes that doesnt really care much about about it 
Someone richer than you says the same thing about a million nt.
Monetary is subjective. Policy is objective.
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By rights should be able to travel the whole of the MRT for free - as long as you enter exit though same MRT station and not leave any station.
*Utterly pointless and be incredibly boring tho, so I wonāt be trying.
Avoiding LRT lines you have go through ticket barrier
To access.
In Sydney there is a semi-annual ācompetitionā to see who can travel to all suburban stations (about 180) in a single day. Given that the start and end station are the same I do wonder what fare they pay.
How long would it take to travel to all MRT stations in Taipei + Taoyuan, I wonder. Would that involve getting off at each station, get a stamp or something in you Metro Passport and then jump on the next train?
I would totally love to visit all railway stations of Taiwan, maybe after retirementā¦
I think that the āruleā in Sydney was that they get off at each station, take a selfie in front of the station sign, then get back on (before the doors are closed).
It is possible to go āaround Taiwan in a dayā without using the HSR. One day I might give it a try. All lines in a day would be difficult as those few short sections would chew up a lot of time - and impossible if you count Alishan.
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Of course, the railway stations not in one day. 