Tickets for the western main line of the Taiwan Railway Spring Festival are available for booking today, and tickets that have not been picked up after the expiration date will be released again on December 24.

(File photo, photo by reporter Zheng Weiqi)

[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] Following the opening of ticket bookings for the eastern trunk line during the Spring Festival holiday (January 19, 2012 to January 30, 2012), the Taiwan Railway Bureau will reopen the western trunk line at 0:00 am today. train reservation.

According to the Taiwan Railway Administration, as of 9:00 a.m., a total of 103,714 orders have been completed and 167,704 tickets have been booked. Passengers who have completed bookings are reminded to pick up their tickets within 2 days (including the day of booking). , will be re-released on December 24 at 9:00 am.

The Taiwan Railway Bureau pointed out that at present, in the direction from Taipei to Kaohsiung, the long-distance Ziqiang seats are sold out after 19:00 on January 19, 2012, and before 16:00 on January 20, 2012; Including March 28th and 29th, there are still remaining seats at each time slot.

Li Zongyang, head of the business section of the Transportation Department of the Taiwan Railway Bureau, said that it is expected that due to the long holidays, the demand for returning north is relatively scattered, and the demand for traveling south is mainly concentrated.

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The Taiwan Railway Administration reminds passengers who have booked tickets for the Spring Festival holiday that they must pick up tickets at the computer ticketing stations, post offices, and convenience stores of the Taiwan Railway Administration within 2 days (including the day of booking), or use the "Online Credit Card Payment Ticketing System" And the Taiwan Railway eBooking APP to pay for ticket purchases.

Overdue uncollected tickets for the eastern trunk line (including the southern circuit) will be released again at 9:00 am on December 23, and for the western trunk line at 9:00 am on December 24th; For more details, please go to the remaining seat query function on the Taiwan Railway Bureau's ticket booking page.

In addition, on January 19th, 20th and January 28th, 29th, 2012, 8 classes of real-name trains will be opened on the Eastern Main Line, and they will open at 00:00 on December 23rd. Register in Hualien before August 1st, 2011 County, Taitung County current resident population, the first code of the national ID card unified number is U or V, and the above two spouses and direct blood relatives and other nationals book tickets.