FASTER TRAVEL: Three companies have signed on to operate services from Taipei to Hualien on new sections of the Suhua Highway with travel time at about four hours
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 27, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter, in Hualien County
Shuttle services between Taipei and Hualien are to begin when improved sections on the Suhua
Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung, front row center, and other officials yesterday give the thumbs-up while riding on a new shuttle bus that is to run between Taipei and Hualien next month.
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications\
The services would be operated by United Highway Bus (Ubus), Taipei Bus and Capital Bus, the highway authority said.
Of the 85 buses to be used on the route, 11 bear designs and colors that are associated with the Suhua Highway, it said.
News media were invited to view two of the buses, which are white with patterns designed to reflect the eight tunnels constructed as part of the improved sections.
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