The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSR) has officially inaugurated three new stations this month, and train fares throughout the route have been cut back to the level of the year before last. Currently, there are three types of trains: direct trains, stopping trains and semi-direct trains, but most people do not know about them. The THSR explains that the train numbers that they assign to the trains are actually quite meaningful. As long as people understand what the numbers stand for, they can immediately tell which trains are direct trains.
According to a report in the United Daily News, with the exception of discount tickets, fares for direct trains, stopping trains and semi-direct trains are all the same; they only differ in travel time. For example, a journey from Taipei to Kaohsiung on a stopping train will take 42 minutes longer than on a direct train. However, if members of the public can decipher train numbers, they will be able to know which type of train they are taking.
The THSR says there are two types of numbers: three-digit numbers, which are applicable to daily trains, and four-digit numbers, which apply to non-daily trains. The first digit of a three-digit number and the second digit of a four-digit number reveal how many stops a train makes. If the train number is 1xx, it is a conventional direct train that only calls at Banciao and Taichung between Taipei and Kaohsiung. If the number is 2xx, the train also calls at Chiayi and Tainan. If the number is 3xx, it calls at every station south of Taichung. If the number is 5xx, the train only runs from Taipei to Taichung or Taichung to Zuoying. If the number is 6xx, the train does not call at the three new stations. If it is 8xx, it calls at every station. If it is a four-digit number, just look at the second digit and follow the same logic as with three-digit numbers.
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The THSR offers some examples. If you want to take a direct train from Taipei to Taichung, you can choose a 1xx, 2xx or 3xx train. If you want to visit Yunlin, you can only take 3xx or 8xx trains. To travel from Taipei to Zuoying, the fastest way is to take a 1xx train.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
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高鐵新增三站本月正式通車，全線也同步降回前年價格，目前有「直達車」、「站站停」與「跳蛙式」三種停站模式，不過一般民眾並不清楚。台灣高鐵公司說明，高鐵車次編排其實有其意義，只要了解就能迅速分辨哪班車是直達車。
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台灣高鐵公司解釋，車次編碼有三碼（每天行駛）、四碼（非每日行駛）兩種。從三碼的第一個數字及四碼的第二個數字，就能分辨停站模式。車次編碼為1XX， 就是只停板橋和台中的傳統北高直達車，2XX為加停嘉義與台南的直達車，3XX是台中以南站站停，5XX是台北到台中或台中到左營，6XX不停新增三站，8XX則是每站停；四碼班車則看第二個數字，邏輯和三碼相同。
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