The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) said it will soon issue train tickets in English at stations nationwide.
The TRA is testing the new ticketing system at Taipei Railway Station and is scheduled to complete the trial by the end of the month, TRA deputy director general Chang Ying-huei (
Chang said that the bilingual tickets will first be sold at the Taipei Railway Station, before gradually changing the ticketing systems in other stations to accommodate the new tickets, he said.
Chang said that the tickets will provide information on the names of the stations, type of train, car and number, and seat number in English.
Besides renewing its ticketing system, the TRA has begun to provide English information on train types on the timetables at Taipei Railway Station.
It has also worked on standardizing the English translation of different train types and has ordered every station to improve their English-language instruction signs.
Chang said the TRA was striving to create a friendly environment for overseas tourists.
The on-board broadcasting system now makes announcements in four languages -- Mandarin, Hoklo, Hakka and English.
And to serve the increasing number of Japanese passengers every year, the TRA has also begun to announce passenger information in Japanese at the Taipei Railway Station and train stations in other cities, he said.
Chang said that a one-day pass jointly issued by the TRA and the Tourism Bureau for travel on the Northeast Coast was a success, drawing many railway fans from Japan, with the TRA arranging for train staff to guide the passengers at Pingsi (
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a "tsunami watch" alert after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia earlier in the morning. The quake struck off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula at 7:25am (Taiwan time) at a depth of about 19km, the CWA said, citing figures from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The CWA's Seismological Center said preliminary assessments indicate that a tsunami could reach Taiwan's coastal areas by 1:18pm today. The CWA urged residents along the coast to stay alert and take necessary precautions as waves as high as 1m could hit the southeastern
FINAL COUNTDOWN: About 50,000 attended a pro-recall rally yesterday, while the KMT and the TPP plan to rally against the recall votes today Democracy activists, together with arts and education representatives, yesterday organized a motorcade, while thousands gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei in the evening in support of tomorrow’s recall votes. Recall votes for 24 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and suspended Hsinchu City mayor Ann Kao (高虹安) are to be held tomorrow, while recall votes for seven other KMT lawmakers are scheduled for Aug. 23. The afternoon motorcade was led by the Spring Breeze Culture and Arts Foundation, the Tyzen Hsiao Foundation and the Friends of Lee Teng-hui Association, and was joined by delegates from the Taiwan Statebuilding Party and the Taiwan Solidarity
Instead of threatening tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, the US should try to reinforce cooperation with Taiwan on semiconductor development to take on challenges from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), a Taiwanese think tank said. The administration of US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose across-the-board import duties of 32 percent on Taiwan-made goods and levy a separate tariff on semiconductors, which Taiwan is hoping to avoid. The Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET), a National Science and Technology Council think tank, said that US efforts should focus on containing China’s semiconductor rise rather than impairing Taiwan. “Without
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is next month to hold an exhibition in Osaka, Japan, showcasing the rich and unique history of Taiwanese folklore and literature. The exhibition, which is to run from Aug. 10 to Aug. 20 at the city’s Central Public Hall, is part of the “We Taiwan” at Expo 2025 series, highlighting Taiwan’s cultural ties with the international community, National Museum of Taiwan Literature director Chen Ying-fang (陳瑩芳) said. Folklore and literature, among Taiwan’s richest cultural heritages, naturally deserve a central place in the global dialogue, Chen said. Taiwan’s folklore would be immediately apparent at the entrance of the
RSS