The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, high-speed rail passenger volume hit a record high, and Nangang Station was overcrowded with passengers, triggering public outrage

Yesterday, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the high-speed rail station was crowded with passengers. The picture shows Nangang Station. (Photo by reporter Wu Liangyi)

Yesterday (25th) was the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Since the evening, there were so many passengers heading south on the high-speed rail. Nangang, Taipei, Banqiao and Taoyuan stations were all overcrowded with passengers, causing great anger. According to statistics from the Ministry of Transport, the number of high-speed rail passengers in a single day hit a record high of 348,000 yesterday, surpassing the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival record of 338,000.

The Nangang High-speed Rail Station was crowded with southbound passengers from yesterday evening to evening. The automatic ticket machines and ticket counters were crowded with people. Many passengers who wanted to take unreserved seats were unable to enter the platform and had to wait at the entrance and exit gates. Many people posted articles and photos on the Internet and criticized the situation. Many passengers holding free-seat tickets were crowded into the carriages with designated seats. Passengers in the carriages with reserved seats were even unable to enter the carriage at all and were forced to stay in other carriages or even unable to board the train.

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Judging from the statistics of major transportation systems yesterday, there were a large number of passengers. Among them, the number of high-speed rail passengers reached 348,000 in a single day, a record high, surpassing the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival record of 338,000 passengers; the number of Taiwan Railway passengers reached 846,000, about 1.3 times the usual number.

In addition, there were about 151,000 passengers on the western part of the national highway, which was the same as the same period last year, and 38,000 passengers on the Beiyi Line. Among them, the number of passengers at the city transfer station was more than 1.5 times the usual number, indicating that the number of people returning home and traveling has increased significantly.

According to analysis by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and the Taiwan High-Speed ​​Rail Corporation, although yesterday was the eve of the consecutive holidays, the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Therefore, the number of people returning home and traveling is concentrated. The traffic volume of various transportation systems has increased significantly. The number of passengers heading south on the high-speed rail has exceeded 200,000 in a single day for the first time, setting an operating record.

The Taiwan High-Speed ​​Rail Corporation calls on passengers to take advantage of off-peak hours and disperse boarding; secondly, give priority to passengers in the reserved seats to get on the train, and ask passengers in unreserved seats who are waiting in line on the platform to give priority to passengers in the reserved seats to get on the train first to avoid affecting other people's schedules.

Finally, when the train arrives at the station, please keep the boarding and alighting lines clear. Passengers standing in the workshop aisle must make sure to give way when the train arrives at the station, so that other passengers can get off quickly and passengers waiting on the platform can get on the train quickly.

Yesterday, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the high-speed rail station was crowded with passengers. The picture shows Nangang Station. (Photo by reporter Wu Liangyi)