Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSR) yesterday announced that it would add 30 trains over the Mother’s Day travel period from May 8 to 11, with tickets to go on sale at midnight tomorrow night.
The additional services consist of 15 northbound and 15 southbound trains, it said in a statement.
Early-bird discounts would be available for all trains departing from their origin stations before 8am on May 9, it said.
Photo: Wu Liang-yi, Taipei Times
To encourage college students to return home for Mother’s Day, eight more services would offer half-price student tickets, THSR said.
Non-reserved seating would be expanded from the usual car Nos. 10 to 12 to car Nos. 9 to 12 on trains stopping at all stations during peak periods, which are 3pm to 9pm on May 8 and 4pm to 9pm on May 10 in both directions, as well as southbound services on May 11 from 5pm to 7pm and northbound services on May 10 from 2pm to 10pm, it said.
During those periods, all regularly scheduled and added services between Nangang and Taichung stations would stop at every station, with nine cars allocated for non-reserved seating, the statement said.
People should check the “Ticket Availability” section of the THSR Web site to plan travel during peak periods and arrange connecting transportation in advance, it said.
People with early-bird tickets must carry a valid ID matching the ticket, it said, adding that those unable to present identification would be treated as traveling without a valid ticket and charged a 50 percent surcharge for the distance traveled.
Students with half-price tickets must present a valid student ID and if the ID does not indicate current enrollment, an additional certificate of enrollment is required, it added.
Separately, Taiwan Railway Corp said that it would add 108 services across its network from April 30 to May 4, covering the Labor Day weekend spanning from May 1 to May 3.
Tickets for the holiday period would go on sale at midnight tomorrow night, it said.
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