TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan Railway Corporation will start selling station platform tickets again, but at a higher price than before, reports said Friday.
Spending one hour or less on a station platform without boarding a train will cost NT$22 (US$0.76) instead of the previous NT$6, the Liberty Times reported. Visitors who stay between one and three hours will have to pay NT$161, with the fee for more than three hours set at NT$933.
In 2013, the rail company stopped selling the tickets which were mostly bought by friends and relatives dropping travelers off or picking them up from the station. The new rules required visitors to hand in their ID for the time of their stay on the platform, though seven stations still sold platform tickets as well.
The resumption of platform ticket sales coincided with the first train fare hikes in 30 years, launched on June 23. The average fare increase of 26.8% also affects the price of other services, including parcel delivery and the return of lost items.