Train ridership up despite ticket price hikeGRAPH GOES UP: Ridership and revenue are both up since the railway restructured from an agency to a state-owned company last year as it seeks to shrink its deficitStaff writer, with CNAState-owned Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) reported yesterday that average daily passenger volume increased about 1.4 percent from a year earlier during the period of June to this month, despite raising ticket prices in June. A Taiwan Railways Corp. train is pictured in an undated photograph. Following the fare hike and passenger volume increase, sales for this year would increase by NT$2.6 billion from a year earlier, with average daily passenger volume predicted to rise 2.9 percent to almost 670,000, the company said. TRC said it has kept working with the government to promote the regional TPass program, and average daily passenger volume under TPass rose 26.3 percent from a year earlier to 185,000 from Jan. 1 to Dec. 19. The company said that it has continued to improve safety, as well as its on-time rate and convenience for passengers.

Source: Taipei Times December 27, 2025 16:48 UTC