Legislative Speaker You Si-kun, right, in Taipei yesterday receives a statement from Yilan County Council Speaker Chang Chien-rong saying that Yilan Station would be the best location for the terminus for a planned high-speed rail extension line to Yilan County. “The high-speed rail extension line was proposed to facilitate transportation between the west and east coasts, and ease traffic congestion inside the Hsuehshan Tunnel on the National Chiang Wei-shui Freeway [Freeway No.5],” Wang said. A consulting firm hired by the ministry recommended four possible terminal stations — adjacent to Yilan Station, Luodong Station, Sicheng Station or at a yet-to-be built station near the Yilan County Government building. However, people only take the high-speed rail once in a while, not every day. Yilan County Commissioner Lin Tzu-miao (林姿妙) of the KMT and former acting Yilan County commissioner Chen Chin-te (陳金德) said that they support the station near the Yilan County Government building as the terminus.

Source: Taipei Times September 16, 2021 15:56 UTC