China News Service March 18th According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the Taiwan Railway's new fourth-generation ticketing system will be fully launched on April 23, and people will be able to make reservations for individuals after April 23 starting from April 9. ticket. Taiwan Railway will start setting up experience areas at 10 a.m. on March 18 at Taipei, Taichung , Kaohsiung , and Hualien stations to provide people with the opportunity to experience and try out the new system that will be put on the road. Taiwan Railway tickets ordered from the new system will be straight tickets, which means Taiwan Railway will comprehensively revamp its tickets in the past 35 years.
Taiwan Railway’s 35-year-old tickets have been redesigned for the first time. From April 9, the horizontal format will be changed to vertical format. (Photo: Taiwan's "United Daily News"/Provided by the Taiwan Railway Administration)
Taiwan Railway stated that early tickets were paper tickets. In 1984, the Taiwan Railway system was changed to computerization. After the first generation ticketing system was launched, the current ticket format was adopted. , after the establishment of the second and third generation ticketing systems, it has a history of 35 years.
Taiwan Railways Information Center Director Peng Kunyan said that the reason for changing the ticket format from horizontal to straight is to consider that when people put their tickets into the gate, they need to convert the tickets into straight. Therefore, when the ticketing system is changed to the fourth generation, the current horizontal format will be directly changed. The tickets have been changed to be straight, and important information such as departure and destination stations, seat information, etc. are also enlarged to make it clear to passengers.
Taiwan Railway said that the new system provides intelligent query of picture locations, supports multiple languages, greatly optimizes the user interface, and launches paperless electronic tickets for the first time and many other services. The fourth-generation ticketing system is expected to be open for booking individual tickets for April 23rd from April 9th, and the new system will completely replace the old system on April 23rd.
The Taiwan Railways’ fourth-generation ticketing system will run from March 18 to March 29 (excluding holidays), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will set up experience areas at the four major stations in Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hualien. Provide people with experience and trial of new systems that will be put on the road.
Taiwan Railway stated that Taiwan Railway tickets ordered using the new system will be the revised new ticket that Taiwan Railway will soon launch. Anyone who comes to participate in the experience can be the first to get one. When it goes online in the future, it will be almost as long as The exact same simulated ticket, only with the words "Online experience does not provide rides".
