Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/30
By: Wang Shu-fen and Elaine Hou
Taipei, Dec. 30 (CNA) Passengers will be allowed to travel free of cost on the new airport MRT line
(CNA file photo)
during the period of trial runs, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said Friday.
In the first two weeks of the one-month trial period, free passes will be given to people traveling in groups, once they apply in advance, he said.
In the last two weeks of the trial period, travel will be free for all individual passengers on the line, which will run between Taipei and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Cheng said.
When the line begins commercial operations, 50 percent discounts will be offered to passengers for the first month, he said, adding that further details will be given later. [FULL STORY]
