By MOOK Travel & Lifestyle Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported
This year’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day holiday spans four days, with many people planning to attend countdown events in other cities and take the high-speed rail back to work. Anticipating high demand and sold-out tickets during the peak return period, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. expects even free-seating cars to be crowded. To alleviate congestion, two extra northbound trains will be added on January 1, departing from Zuoying Station at 12:48 and 21:12 respectively. Ticket sales start today.
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Taiwan High Speed Rail will add two northbound services on January 1 to ease the post-holiday return travel rush. (Photo provided by Taiwan High Speed Rail)
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. stated that between December 28 and January 2, the New Year’s holiday transport period, nearly 300,000 tickets have already been sold, with most purchases concentrated during peak hours. Currently, southbound services from 17:00 to 21:00 on December 28 and from 07:00 to 11:00 on December 29, as well as northbound services from 11:00 to 22:00 on January 1, have reserved seating occupancy rates exceeding 85%, with seats in various sections selling out progressively. The public may consider traveling during off-peak hours.
During the New Year’s transport period from December 28 to January 2, 2013, Taiwan High Speed Rail will operate a total of 104 additional services—53 southbound and 51 northbound—providing 896 services over six days with 886,144 seats, while maintaining free-seating service. The public can use the high-speed rail partner convenience store ticketing points, the “Taiwan High Speed Rail T Express” mobile quick-ticketing and clearance service, as well as the online booking system and voice reservation system to arrange their New Year’s and homecoming travel. Tickets can also be collected from over 9,800 24-hour Taiwan High Speed Rail partner convenience stores, allowing passengers to board directly upon arrival and avoid disrupting their schedules.
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