The Ministry of Transportation and Communications will report to the Executive Yuan today (8th) on the "Traffic Evacuation Plan for the National Day and Liberation Day Consecutive Holidays."
At the end of last month, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a four-day holiday, and passengers crowded the high-speed trains, causing public complaints. Tomorrow is the Double Ten National Day holiday. The Ministry of Transportation will report to the Executive Yuan today (8th) on the "Traffic Movement Plan for the National Day and Liberation Day Consecutive Holidays." The Ministry of Transportation stated that a total of 92 additional trains will be operated during the National Day transportation period, with a total of 917 trains operating; 86 additional trains will be operated during the Liberation Day transportation period, with a total of 905 trains operating. In order to strengthen the transportation capacity from Nangang and Taipei to Taichung, eight additional free-seat trains will be operated every Friday from October 8 to July 1 next year and the day before the holiday, stopping at Banqiao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Taichung stations along the way.
During the National Day holiday, the Ministry of Transportation pointed out that the total traffic volume of the high-speed rail segment is estimated to be 1.285 million to 1.429 million passengers, with a peak estimated at 337,000 passengers on October 11. A total of 917 trains will be provided, including 92 overtime trains. On October 8, 8 additional free-seat trains will be operated, stopping at Banqiao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Taichung stations along the way. As for Guangfu, there will be 1.23 million to 1.4015 million passengers. The peak on October 26 is estimated to be 298,000 to 339,000 passengers. 86 additional flights will be opened, and a total of 905 flights will be opened.
The Double Ten holiday is about to begin. The Executive Yuan will hold an Executive Yuan meeting today. The Ministry of Transportation briefing pointed out that the overall domestic average booking rate is 61.53%. The top three highest average booking rates in the two days before the holiday are Taipei City, Lianjiang County and Taitung County. A total of 4 counties and cities exceeded the average, and a total of 7 counties and cities had room reservation rates exceeding 60%.
On the Taiwan Railways, 126 additional trains will be operated on the entire line during the National Day holiday (41 trains on the West Line and 85 trains on the East Line). The highest single-day traffic volume is expected to be on October 8 and October 23 (the day before the consecutive holidays); the West Line Xinziqiang Train (EMU3000) will cancel unreserved seats and a limited number of 200 station tickets will be sold on the day of travel. In addition, 11 additional trains will be operated to coincide with the Taitung National Day fireworks, and both the east line and the south loop line will have direct buses to Taitung.
As for the national highway, the southbound traffic volume of the national highway reached its maximum volume on October 9 and October 24 (the first day of the holiday), which are two-way peak days; the northbound traffic volume reached its maximum volume on October 11 and October 26 (holiday), which was 1.1 to 1.2 times that of normal days. During the holidays, measures such as ramp instrument control, high-occupancy control, ramp closures, and road shoulder openings will be implemented as usual.
