By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterA new Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) train designed to promote ecological conservation was launched yesterday morning at Nangang Railway Station in Taipei. The second Satoyama Animal Train (里山動物列車) is twice as long as the first, which ran last year as part of a partnership with the Forestry Bureau. Given the positive feedback on last year’s train, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) asked the TRA to work with the bureau to create a new animal-themed train for this year, the TRA said. The exterior of the new train is painted with creatures such as Pancala snails, Chinese striped-necked turtles and woodpeckers, the TRA said. Following yesterday’s short pilot run, the new Satoyama Animal Train officially becomes part of the TRA’s commuter train fleet today.

Source: Taipei Times June 03, 2019 16:01 UTC