TRA’s landslide-hit line is closed until SundayStaff writer, with CNARepairs to a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) line damaged in a landslide in New Taipei City on Friday would take five days longer than expected, leaving it closed to traffic until Sunday, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. Progress on repairing the damaged section of the line between Rueifang (瑞芳) and Houtong (猴硐) stations has been hampered by poor weather and the risk of further landslides, Lin said. People line up at Taipei City Hall Bus Station yesterday to buy tickets from Taipei to Yilan and Hualien counties after a landslide in New Taipei City on Friday knocked a Taiwan Railways line out of commission. Express trains between Shulin Station in New Taipei City and Yilan Station in Yilan County, as well as local trains between Rueifang and Houtong stations, have been suspended since the incident, the TRA said. Operations on affected sections of the line returned to normal at about 1pm, with about 10,000 passengers affected, it said.

Source: Taipei Times December 06, 2020 15:56 UTC