The New Taipei Metro Sanying Line's trial operation volume exceeded 1.7 million passengers in two months, and the number of tourists along the line increased by 30% to 50%

The New Taipei MRT Sanying Line has been operating for a fee since September. During the two-month trial operation, the New Taipei MRT Corporation's cumulative transportation volume exceeded 1.7 million passengers. Yingge Ceramics Industry observed that after the opening of the Sanying Line, the number of people on weekdays increased by 30 to 50%. Hong Chien-rong, a professor at Taipei University, believes that the Sanying Line has multiple benefits such as cultural industry, folk religion, and even medical tourism. The local government hopes that this tourist route that explores New Taipei culture and art will drive Sanying tourists.

The MRT carriages include large areas of transparent glass at the front and sides of the car body, allowing the public to have a broad view of the scenery along the Sanying line. When passing the Dahan River Bridge, you can see the Dahan River and the New Beauty Museum at the same time. Many women and elders from Taoyuan took the Sanying Line to Tucheng Dingpu and then returned to Yingtaofu Station. An old man surnamed Chen, who is over 80 years old, said that despite the introduction of tolls, it did not affect his willingness to take the Sanying Line.

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Xu Shigang, chairman of the New Taipei City Industrial Tourism Promotion and Development Association and chief operating officer of Yingge Xinwangji Ci, said that after the opening of the Sanying Line, the number of people in Yingge Old Street will increase by 30% to 50% on weekdays, and the number of people on holidays will also increase. In the past, if tourists got off at Yingge Railway Station, most of them would go to the art museum. The existing Ceramics Old Street Station on the Sanying Line is quite beneficial to Yingge Old Street. It can also attract people coming from Tucheng Dingpu. The tourist factory, which is mostly family-oriented, also attracts people who would not otherwise come because of the convenience of the MRT.

Hong Jianrong, professor of the Department of History at Taipei University and director of the Seamountain Research Center and Director of the Library, said that after the opening of the Sanying Line, the tourism benefits will be that it connects the two old streets of Sanxia and Yingge with their own characteristics, as well as multiple art venues, cultural, industrial, folklore, religious, and even medical purposes.

Hong Chien-rong said that Taipei University Station will have many artistic attractions, such as the very beautiful library on campus, and the "Yushan Sustainability Lecture Hall" designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, ​​which will be built in recent years. The new Li Meishu Memorial Hall designed by architect Yao Renxi is expected to be completed in 2029. Next to Taipei University is the New Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park, the New Taipei City Museum of Art at Yingge Station, and the Yingge Ceramics Museum at Yingge Old Ceramic Street Station, forming a tourism effect of Sanying art and culture.

Hong pointed out that from the Bannan Line extending to the Sanying Line, it connects Yadong Hospital, Tucheng Hospital, and then Enzhugong Hospital. People who come for medical treatment can visit nearby places. This kind of medical tourism has multiple benefits; religious tourism is actually one of them. Taiwan's four important Buddhist ashrams, such as Fo Guang Shan, Dharma Drum Mountain, Tzu Chi, and Zhongtai Zen Temple, all have branches in the Three Gorges. Because of their large land requirements, ashrams are usually located in mountainous areas.