This afternoon I bought a train ticket and asked for a seat from Taipei to Hsinchu. A certain man delayed me because he wanted to talk to me and by the time I got to my seat, an old man had already made himself at home in it. By the time he got of, another person was trying to occupy it and when I showed her my ticket, she had exactly the same seat and coach number. Then the man who delayed me explained that the seat was only mine up to Taoyuan. Could somebody verify this and, if possible, shed some light on how to understand what’s what on the ticket?
That’s strange. But, yeah, that’s what it says. The person at the counter should have explained that when they sold you the ticket.
I guess all seats were sold out, but some people weren’t getting on until certain stops, or were getting off after certain stops, so they sold the privilege of having the seat for that part of the journey.
What’s strange is that I had to wait 45 minutes for that train, so I assumed I would definitely have a seat.
I prefer the bus, because not only can you be certain of getting a seat, but the seats are more comfortable and other passengers ussualy leave you in peace.
The first time I used a train in Taiwan, a prostitute tried to get me to subscribe to her services. She was playing with my hair and later she told me that we could go and “play” when we got home. I assumesd all the girls would be that accessible, but, alas, it never happened again.
A: Date (Of the train I assume, not when you bought the ticket)
B: “Taiwan Railway Authority” (?)
C: Type of train, express/commuter etc…
D: Train number, similar to a flight number
E: Departure Time
F: Arrival Time
G: Departure location
H: Arrival Location
I: Carriage number
J: Seat Number
K: You know this one now !
L: Does this say “ticket” ? Not sure what this is for.
M: Price
N: Ticket Number
O: “Only valid on date and train shown”
[quote=“Big Fluffy Matthew”]I don’t know all of them, but it’s a start:
A: Date (Of the train I assume, not when you bought the ticket)
B: Taiwan Railway Authority (?)
C: Type of train, express/commuter etc…
D: Train number, similar to a flight number
E: Departure Time
F: Arrival Time
G: Departure location
H: Arrival Location
I: Carriage number
J: Seat Number
K: You know this one now !
L: Does this say “ticket” ? Not sure what this is for.
M: Price
N: Ticket Number
O:
Might not be completely correct[/quote]
Thanks BFM, I hope this will make using trains a little easier. I’m certain some of the other posters will help to complete the list.
