Lin said that with the hike of fuel prices and the trend of aging population and low fertility in Taiwan, the government will have to think about how to solve the tough problem
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/01
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A Taiwanese bus company has recently announced that it would
A Taiwanese bus company has recently announced that it would cancel senior discounts due to loss (photo by CNA)
cancel senior discounts due to loss, which caused the authorities to scurry to persuade the company to drop the plan.
Solar bus company currently operates six bus routes, four of which run between four different towns in southwestern Taiwan and Taipei, and two are local routes.
Solar general manager Lin Tse-min (林澤民) said on Friday that since Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) began operations in January 2007, many passengers who paid the full price adult fare have gradually switched to THSR. In the past, only about 20% of Solar passengers paid the half-priced fare, but today’s the percentage is about 33% and even as high as 50% during rush hours, making it much harder for the company to operate in the black, he said. [FULL STORY]