Taiwan Railway Corp today said it would start operating more trains on several routes from June 26, after the completion of work on some key infrastructure.
On the Eastern Trunk Line, two additional Tze-Chiang Express trains would enter service, following the completion of the rebuilt Siaocingshui Bridge (小清水溪橋) between the Heren (和仁) and Chongde (崇德) stations in Hualien County, the railway said in a statement.
The bridge was rebuilt after one of the two train tracks was destroyed during Typhoon Gaemi in August last year.
Photo: Wong Yu-huang, Taipei Times
The resumption of the dual-track service in December last year has helped reduce travel time between Taipei and Hualien, the company said.
The new service starting on June 26 would connect Shulin Station (樹林) in New Taipei City and Taitung Station, stopping only in Taipei and Hualien, it said.
Two new EMU3000 Tze-Chiang Express services would also be added to the schedule on the Western Trunk Line on Saturdays between Keelung’s Cidu District (七堵) and Changhua County, it said.
That would mean additional passenger capacity on the direct services between Taipei and Taichung’s Fongyuan District (豐原), the train operator said.
Moreover, two carriages are to be added to the 22 local trains that run between Keelung and Hsinchu stations in northern Taiwan, giving each of them 10 carriages, Taiwan Railway said.
A new local train service would be launched between Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢) and Cidu, operating only in the morning.
With the new services, local train capacity in northern Taiwan would increase 4.4 percent, and 10.3 percent during morning rush hour, the company said.
Similar capacity increases are also planned for 18 local train services in central Taiwan, after the completion of a project to lengthen platforms to accommodate 10 carriages instead of eight on local trains, it said.
In addition, the routes of two semi-express services between Cidu and Changhua would be extended to Kaohsiung’s Sinzuoying Station (新左營) on weekends and public holidays, boosting the overall local train capacity by 5.8 percent, Taiwan Railway said.
In total, 386 train services would run on the new revised schedules, it said.
The new timetables would soon be listed on Taiwan Railway's Web site, and group travelers can book tickets for the new services from May 23, while general ticket sales would begin on May 29, it said.
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