High-speed trains are crowded with people during the National Day holiday. Check out the best time and train times to travel back to the north.

Tomorrow (11th) is the National Day holiday, and it is expected that a large number of passengers will take trains back north. Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail announced today (10th) that it will operate more than 100 northbound trains throughout the day tomorrow to fully transport passengers, and will also add Chiayi's first all-car free-seat trains.

The Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation stated that in response to the peak crowds from tomorrow afternoon, there will be northbound trains departing from Taichung Station every hour from 13:00 to 21:00. Passengers returning north from Taichung Station can make more use of it. The Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation will also specially operate all free-seat trains (except business class). Among them, there is a train 8822 with Chiayi Station as the first station and departing at 17:45, so that free-seat passengers from Chiayi and Yunlin can quickly board the train.

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Based on past transportation experience, the High Speed Rail Company has arranged to provide one northbound train from Taichung Station at 04:00 every hour from 13:00 to 21:00 tomorrow afternoon. The train departing from 14:00 will be equipped with 9 free seats. In addition, through "special dispatch" measures, additional trains will be provided. From 14:00 to 18:00, there will be 8 trains equipped with extended free-seat carriages (9 or 11 cars), with stops at stations north of Taichung to effectively transport the largest number of people returning from the north to the north of Taichung.

Taiwan's high-speed rail and transportation period continue to activate the "joint transportation vehicle prevention" mechanism to monitor the flow of free-seat passengers in real time, and maintain horizontal contact with the Taiwan Railways. Through mutual support and information coordination between the two railways, passengers can be guided to choose appropriate transportation vehicles in a timely manner to improve the overall transportation efficiency.

Taiwan High Speed Rail recommends taking the National Day holiday. Northbound passengers from areas north of Taichung (Taichung/Zhu/Miao/Chong) can take a northbound train from Taichung Station at 04:00 every hour from 13:00 to 21:00; 14 : Trains departing from 04 to 21:04 are equipped with 9 free seats and stop at various stations along the way; at 14:21 and 16:21, there are additional northbound trains departing from Taichung Station, equipped with 11 free seats and stopping at various stations along the way.

Northbound passengers from Chiayi, Yunlin and Changhua stations can take an additional northbound train departing from Chiayi Station at 17:45. It is equipped with 11 free seats and stops at various stations along the way. The train number has a hundred digit of 6 or 8. For passengers traveling north from Zuoying and Tainan Stations to Taichung and Shuangbei areas, direct trains with a train number of hundred digits 1 or 2 are available.

The Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail Corporation reminds passengers who plan to use free seats to check the estimated "free seat waiting time" signals through the high-speed rail corporate website, "T-EX Mobile Ticketing" App and LINE TODAY "Life Channel" before departure, to know the estimated waiting time for free seats at each station on the day, avoid peak hours, choose to take the bus during the green light period, or use other means of transportation to divert rides to avoid long waits.