Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) today announced that it would add 64 additional train services over the Lunar New Year holiday, with tickets for the newly added trains going on sale at midnight on Thursday.
With this year’s Lunar New Year holiday running for nine days from Feb. 14 to Feb. 22, TRC set a 12-day travel holiday period from Feb. 12 to 23.
The company previously announced two rounds of additional train services, adding up to 323 additional trains over the 12-day period.
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TRC today said in a statement that it would add 64 additional trains from Feb. 14 to 22.
These include six reserved-seat trains on the eastern line and six on the western line, bringing overall Lunar New Year holiday capacity to 8 percent above normal weekday levels, TRC said.
From midnight on Thursday, booking for the newly added trains would be available online, through TRC’s app, at convenience stores or via phone, it said.
The schedule for the new trains can be found on the company’s official Web site and app, it added.
In addition, non-served seating on EMU300 western line trains would be suspended from Feb. 12 to 23, with 200 standing tickets available on the day of travel instead, TRC said.
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