The Spring Festival holiday is approaching, and it is estimated that more than 9.4 million people will take the double railway from today to the eighth day of the first day, and the peak traffic volume will appear on the third day of the first day.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The 10-day consecutive Spring Festival holiday will start tomorrow. The Taiwan Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications estimates that the peak time of travel during the Spring Festival holiday will appear on January 24, the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the entire line is estimated to reach 740,000 The most number of passengers is estimated to be today, which will reach 708,000; Taiwan's high-speed rail, the largest number of passengers is also estimated to be the third day of junior high school, reaching 262,000 passengers, and today it is estimated to reach 200,000 passengers.

From today to the last day of the holiday, January 29, the traffic volume on the eighth day of the Chinese New Year is estimated to be more than 9.4 million passengers.

Director of the Taiwan Railways, Du Wei, went to the northern regions to inspect the Spring Festival transportation situation respectively yesterday, and learned about the separation and distribution of crew members, the maintenance of air conditioners in the compartments, the latest painted train painting, and the cooperation between Taiwan Railways and the army to strengthen the preparations for the Spring Festival. Execution situation.

Du Wei said that the transportation during the Spring Festival is one of the key tasks of TRA. Seeing that all the colleagues are willing to attend work during the holidays, stick to their posts, and work together, I believe that the TRA will be able to achieve the task of transportation during the Spring Festival, and I am more confident that the reform can be accelerated in the future. , to complete the goal of enterprise transformation.

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The Taiwan Railway Administration stated that although today is a working day, many people have already asked for leave to return home early. There are commuters and returnees. It is estimated that 708,000 passengers will take the Taiwan Railway throughout the day.

The ticket sales rate of Taiwan Railway during the Spring Festival is about 47.37%. The top three are 57.34% for tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve, 57.02% for today’s last day of work, and 56.62% for the third day of junior high school. The total traffic volume is estimated to be 7.076 million passengers, with an average of 643,000 passengers per day

In order to transport passengers, Taiwan Railways opened a total of 499 additional trains and 186 additional carriages during the Spring Festival transportation period. The number of seats on the whole line increased by about 450,000 compared with last year's Spring Festival transportation, and the overall transportation capacity increased by 12% compared with last year's Spring Festival transportation. % and above, a record high for the past year.

In terms of Taiwan’s high-speed rail, a total of 454 additional trains were operated during the Spring Festival decommissioning period. During the decommissioning period (January 18 to January 30), a total of 2,269 trains were operated. Among them, 201 trains were the most in the third day of junior high school, followed by 190 trains in the fourth day of junior high school. .

According to traffic volume estimates, the high-speed rail is estimated to be 2.342 million passengers from today to the eighth day of the eighth day. The top three are estimated to be 262,000 in the third day, 257,000 in the fourth day, 246,000 in the fifth day, 241,000 in the second day, and 220,000 on the sixth day. Ten thousand.