11 YEARS, BILLIONS LATER, FIRST AIRPORT MRT PASSENGER RUN|籌備11年 造價1138億 機場捷運試營運

It's been 20 years since initial plans to build an airport MRT. Yesterday the first trial run of the Taoyuan MRT system carried 160 passengers, mostly Chongli residents, from the A21 Chongli Station. The first group of passengers on the trial run were excited to take the first Taoyuan metro from Chongli to Taipei Train Station, the start of a new transport era between the two cities. ==PASSENGER== I was really excited to be in the first group of people taking the metro, it was all very new and very comfortable. Costing NT$113.8 billion and taking 11 years to complete the first train on the Taoyuan MRT system left at 7:45 am and arrived in Taipei at 9:04 am. Trials runs for groups will continue until Feb. 15. Individual trial runs will start from Feb. 16 until Mar. 1. On Feb. 2, 20,000 tickets were available from 7:40 am until 1:40 pm, for the four sections of the system. On Mar. 2, the system will officially start operating and until Apr. 1, tickets will be half price. On April 2, normal ticket prices will start. Most people are happy to have a shorter journey to the airport. However the extent of the rocking in the cars and the steep slope from the A6 Taishan Station to the A7 National Taiwan Sports University which led to pressure in passengers ears and dizziness were remarked on. ==PASSENGER== There's a bit of pressure in the ears, maybe because of the speed. ==PASSENGER== The rocking is more obvious than on the Taipei MRT, I think it needs a bit more adjustment. Apart from passengers experiencing dizziness, on some sections of the line the noise levels were above those acceptable. Taoyuan City Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan said that the company would try to improve operations. As to the excessive rocking of the cars, Cheng thought the Airport MRT was more stable than other MRT systems and shouldn't cause any adverse reaction. ==CHENG WEN-TSAN Taoyuan City Mayor== Mitsubishi Heavy Industries cars are hermetically sealed, so there should be very little discomfort, this is a very small proportion of reports and is overreaction. When the system starts official operation, from Taipei direct to Taoyuan International Airport Terminal One will only take 35 minutes, stopping trains will take 43 minutes. The entire length of the line is 53 kilometers with 24 stops. The ambit includes Taoyuan, New Taipei City and Taipei City. Passengers traveling from the center and south can take the high speed rail to Taoyuan and then take the MRT to the airport. The third airport terminal which is currently under construction and Chongli Train Station should come into use in 2020. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 首批團體試乘民眾，興奮的搭上由中壢開往台北車站的第一班車，見證雙北市與桃園市另一個交通新紀元。 ==民眾== 今天(2/2)來搭捷運首發團 非常的興奮 覺得一切都是新的 坐捷運也非常的舒服 造價1138億元、籌備11年的機場捷運，第一班終於在早上7點45分通車，9點04分抵達台北。 通車後，團體試乘時間從即日起到2月15號。個人則是2月16號開始到3月1號。提供2萬張車票，從7點40起到下午1點40，開放4個時段索票。3月2號正式營運後一直到4月1號，則是有半價優惠。4月2號起回復原價 。 民眾大多都對縮短來往機場時間，感到滿意，不過車廂內的搖晃程度，再加上從A6泰山站到A7體育大學站，坡度爬升太快，民眾反映容易耳鳴，還會暈車。 ==民眾== 就有一點耳鳴 可能速度比較快吧 ==民眾== 晃的比(台北)捷運大一點 比台北市區的捷運大一點 應該還有修正的空間 除了頭暈不舒服，部分路段也會出現噪音過大的現象，恐怕影響周邊居民。桃園市長鄭文燦表示，營運之後會再實地測量改善。至於車廂搖晃度過大，鄭文燦認為機捷穩定度比起其他捷運好，應該不會有不良反應。 ==桃園市長 鄭文燦== 三菱重工做的車是密閉式的 不舒服的程度應該是很小的 我想這個有少部分報導 是有點多慮的 機場捷運通車後，從台北直達第一航廈只要35分鐘，非直達車也只要43分鐘左右。全長53公里，共設24站，範圍涵蓋桃園、雙北，中南部民眾還可以到桃園高鐵站轉乘機捷。興建中的第三航廈與中壢火車站則是在2020年就可以啟用。 記者 李志華 陳立峰 詹淑雲 桃園 台北報導