By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to launch a rail service tomorrow featuring a train redesigned to look like those used by Japan’s Shinano Railway as part of an agreement between the rail companies. The TRA said that it signed a friendship agreement with Shinano Railway in March last year, pledging to work together to facilitate the event. Travelers who present a used one-day pass for the TRA’s Jiji Branch Line can exchange it for a Shinano Railway Banzai two-day pass at any station in Japan with Shinano Railway services, the TRA said. They must exchange the tickets at the Taipei Railway Station, Hsinchu Railway Station or the Ershuei Railway Station, the TRA said. The TRA’s Shinano-decorated train is to depart from Changhua Railway Station at 10:11am tomorrow and travel to Jhunan (竹南) Railway Station in Miaoli County, the TRA said.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2019 15:56 UTC