National Freeway 5 to See HOV Controls over Holiday 秋節連假! 國五南下車潮湧現.高乘載管制

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend will last from Sept. 9 to 11. National Freeway 5 began seeing heavy traffic starting on the morning of Sept. 8. The Freeway Bureau announced high-occupancy vehicle controls for the freeway to prevent congestion. 

Chang Keng-tsung, Acting Director, Traffic Mgmt. Division, Freeway Bureau: “The high-occupancy vehicle controls will be in place for northbound lanes of National Freeway 5 between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the second and third days of the long weekend. We'll have checkpoints at Toucheng, Yilan, Luodong, and Suao.”

Li Tsung-yang, Section Director, Transportation Dept., Taiwan Railway: “If you need to eat while taking the train or have other physiological needs, you must follow disease prevention regulations and put on your mask once you're done.”

Taiwan Railway reminded passengers that they must wear masks aboard trains in accordance with current disease prevention regulations. They can remove masks to eat, but need to put them back on once they're done. It has added 127 trains to the schedule between Sept. 8 and 12 for the holiday, as well as 60 train carriages to existing services, with a focus on Eastern Line services.

交通部高公局交通運作科代理科長張耿宗表示：「我們的高乘載管制就是針對國5北上，在連假第2天跟第3天的下午2點到9點做高乘載管制，就是頭城、宜蘭、羅東、蘇澳4個路口。」

交通部台鐵局運務處科長李宗陽提醒：「如果在車上有飲食、用餐等生理需求時，必須在符合防疫規定下使用，那使用完畢請務必佩載口罩。」

鐵路輸運上，台鐵局呼籲乘客依照中央流行疫情指揮中心規定，乘車載好口罩，用餐完畢也要再戴上口罩，也強調這次中秋疏運，從8日到12日共加開127列次、加掛車廂60輛次，尤其針對東部幹線部分加強運輸，希望提供最好的返鄉及出旅服務。