PASSENGER HABITS:People who use the TRA system frequently can be given greater discounts, Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan said

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2017
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday said it will reveal ticket fare adjustments for the Taiwan Railways Administration’s (TRA) services next year.

Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan (賀陳旦) was to brief the lawmakers at the legislature’s Transportation Committee on the TRA’s plans to purchase new train carriages and reform the railway operator’s ticketing system.

The plan to purchase new train carriages is expected to cost about NT$100 billion (US$3.3 billion).

However, the lawmakers questioned Hochen about a report published yesterday by the Chinese-language China Times that the TRA has proposed the ministry to adjust ticket prices.    [FULL  STORY]