Taiwan Railways Administration and Taiwan High Speed Rail have stepped up their disease prevention efforts ahead of the Labor Day long weekend. Let's take a look.
Cleaners disinfect facilities inside Taiwan High Speed Rail's Nangang Station. Frequently-used facilities such as ticket vending machines and entrance and exit gates are disinfected every two hours. This is part of THSR's disease prevention efforts.
We are constantly patrolling the station, and cleaning any dirt that we see to ensure that the ground is completely clean.
The Labor Day long weekend is right around the corner, and THSR has added 60 trains to its schedule to bring the total number of train services to 769. To reduce the risk of infection between passengers, there will only be reserved seats from April 30 until May 3.
For Nangang Station, there are sold-out trains starting at after 5 p.m., although there are still a lot of seats because there are only reserved seats starting from now until May 3.
Meanwhile, Taiwan Railways Administration has adjusted its seat assignment system. Passengers traveling alone will be assigned window seats, and the aisle seats next to them won't be filled unless there is no other choice. However, seats next to those traveling in groups will be sold. The TRA says seats are still available for all routes with the exception of routes bound for Taitung on the afternoon of May 1 and routes after noon on May 3 bound for Kaohsiung.
It's good for yourself and others if everyone maintains social distancing.
Right now, there is social distancing seating if you book tickets online. However, if you buy tickets at stations, you're able to buy those remaining seats that aren't being left empty. That's why people may think that this disease prevention measure is ineffective if the train is full.
The TRA says it has set up 47 thermal imaging cameras at 37 stations, and areas where passengers congregate and facilities that are frequently touched by passengers will be disinfected every two hours. The ground and spaces will also be thoroughly disinfected once a week to prevent disease.
清潔人員噴上酒精消毒，再用抹布擦乾淨，旅客最常使用的售票機和進出口閘門，平均2個小時就會消毒一次，這是台灣高鐵的防疫清潔消毒作業。
高鐵南港站 林姓清潔主任表示：「我們不定時的在這車站裡面，一直的巡視，如果有一點的汙點，我們就把它擦拭，我們就是保持這裡地上的乾淨，以及清潔。」
五一連假即將展開，高鐵共加開60班次列車，總計提供769班次的旅運服務，但為降低旅客感染風險，即日起到5月3號，所有車次實施全車對號座。
高鐵南港站長 陳蕙華表示：「南港站的話，大概是5點多之後，就會有客滿的班次，但還是有很多的座位，因為現在開始，一直到5月3號，都是全車對號座。」
而因應連假台鐵則是調整票務系統的配座程式，採交叉式配座方式售票，單人搭車優先販售靠窗，非不得已靠走道最後才賣，但雙人以上還是會賣相鄰座位，台鐵局表示，除週五中午往台東，以及收假日中午過後往高雄列車票賣完了，其餘時段還有位置。
民眾表示：「每個人都保持，就是好的一個社交安全距離的話，對自己對別人都是比較好的。」
台鐵產工理事長 王傑表示：「因為他現在規定網路訂的話，是會設定成梅花座，但是現場買的話，就可以再去買剩下的非梅花座，所以就是同仁會覺得說，實際上，可能如果都滿的話，也還是一樣，沒有什麼(防疫)效果。」
台鐵局表示，目前已裝置37站共47台紅外線熱顯像儀，各車站旅客密集接觸區域及設備，提升到每兩小時消毒一次，地面及空間噴灑也變為每週一次為防疫做足準備。