Virus Outbreak: Lunchbox sales suspension being mulled, TRA saysBy Cheng Wei-chi / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) yesterday said that it is mulling suspending the sale of its popular lunchboxes out of concern that passengers eating them would not be able to maintain a safe distance from other passengers. Passengers have been advised by the TRA to maintain a distance of 1.5m from other passengers if they are eating onboard trains due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak, that number has dropped by about 30 percent, with the number sold onboard having fallen by about 50 percent, it added. Considering the plunging sales, a suspension would not have too big an impact on revenue, the TRA said. The number of passengers using TRA services plummeted by 22.53 percent last month when it sold 525,755 tickets compared with 678,664 tickets in February.

Source: Taipei Times April 03, 2020 15:56 UTC