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The Taiwan Railways Administration has seen a bump in passenger numbers for its daily round-trip service on its South Link line since November, as many rail fans wanted to ride the diesel-powered trains before they are pulled from service on Dec. 23.
The daily service between Fangliao Station in Pingtung County and Taitung Station in Taitung County, which takes just over two hours each way, departs Fangliao before noon and makes the return trip at 4:15 p.m.
The service gained attention because it is the only one using nearly 50-year-old carriages that have never been fitted with air conditioning and because of the coastal and rural views it offers across southern Taiwan.
Taiwan railway system goes fully electric
12/20/2020 04:07 PM
The first electric train from Pingtung arrives in Taitung on South Link line. CNA photo 20, 2020
Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) Electric trains begin running on South Link line Sunday, allowing them to completely circle Taiwan, after the project to electrify the line in southern Taiwan connecting Taitung and Pingtung counties was completed recently.
The 98.2-kilometer line between Taitung Station and Fangliao Station in Pingtung had been the last in Taiwan to be served by diesel locomotives, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Sunday.
Taking the first electric train on the route Sunday morning, Transportation Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said the use of electric trains will allow trips between Kaohsiung and Taitung to take 90 minutes as opposed to two hours previously.