On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 08:07:36PM -0700, [email protected] wrote: >On Thu, 26 Jul 2018, at 19:55, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: >> The HSR from Taoyuan isn't classed as I'm familiar (standard, first, etc) >> but it's divided into 'Reserved Seating' and 'Unreserved Seating' cars. The >> NT$125 ticket advised is for unreserved, which can be quite busy (I had to >> stand and it was pretty crowded, I think my suitcase annoyed a local). It's >> probably worth the extra money for a reserved ticket even though it's only >> a short journey. > >We are hearing that you may need to stand when first boarding. But >many get on and off at each stop, so seats will open up. Rush hours >may differ.
Nod. I ended up standing for my ride from Taoyuan to Hsinchu. It was 1 stop, ~12 minutes. If I'd been quicker at joining the queue on the platform I'd have got a seat. No major problem for me. Instead, I got to stand right next to the AC vent and that was nice. I did see people happily offering up seats for those in need when I got on. Thoroughly pleasant all-round. /me wishes we had such good trains in the UK, for the same price. :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Google-bait: http://www.debian.org/CD/free-linux-cd Debian does NOT ship free CDs. Please do NOT contact the mailing lists asking us to send them to you.
