Free rides on MRT’s Green Line on New Year’s Day to disperse crowds

Free rides on MRT’s Green Line on New Year’s Day to disperse crowds

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Taipei is getting ready for its annual crowd control operation, as tens of thousands of revelers congregate around the Taipei 101 to ring in the New Year. This time around the challenge will be even more intense, as there is the addition of some 30,000 concertgoers attending a New Year’s concert by A-Mei at the Taipei Dome. In order to relieve the burden on the MRT’s Blue Line, people are encouraged to walk to the Green Line to take the MRT home for free.

Taipei’s New Year’s fireworks extravaganza is a must-see for many. And this year, clearing out crowds after the countdown is going to be an even bigger challenge than before.

Hsieh Ming-hung
Taipei Department of Transportation
It will be the first time that the New Year’s countdown event will coincide with a concert at Taipei Dome. So we’ve held some simulations to see how it may play out.

The area from the Taipei 101 skyscraper and all the way to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall station is expected to get packed with some 100,000 revelers on New Year’s Eve. Across the road from the memorial hall is Taipei Dome, with more than 30,000 concertgoers. Both events end at roughly the same time, pushing the Taipei MRT’s Blue Line to its limits.

Chou Jung-hsuan
FTV reporter
After midnight, all passengers that enter the Taipei MRT at the Nanjing Sanmin and Taipei Arena Stations on the Green Line can ride for free.

Whether the free ride policy will help disperse crowds to MRT stations further away from the 101 area remains to be seen.

Hsieh Ming-hung
Taipei Department of Transportation
We didn’t set a concrete time for A-Mei’s concert, but we spoke with the organizer and know that it’s going to end at around half past midnight. With some interactive activities, we can slow down some people, to avoid a swarm of people entering the Blue Line at once. Of course, we won’t force anyone to move away.

Yang Chin-heng
Taipei MRT
We will have four additional trains on standby for the Green Line. If there is crowding, we can dispatch the trains on the tracks to better disperse crowds.

Thousands will be ringing in the New Year at the Taipei 101 Fireworks Show and the A-Mei concert. The Taipei City Government is doing all it can to make sure the year starts off right.

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台北跨年強碰阿妹演唱會! 市府祭捷運綠線兩站"免費搭"

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再過幾天就要迎接2025年，但台北市跨年後的疏散，成了一大考驗。除了看煙火人潮，約十五萬人，同時還有張惠妹再大巨蛋演唱會，憂心散場，會讓捷運「板南線」塞爆。因此，北市府宣布，今年1/1凌晨零點開始，從捷運綠線南京三民、台北小巨蛋站進站，都能免費搭乘。

跨年倒數，一年一度煙火怎麼能錯過，但今年台北市跨完年的疏散，相較過去，挑戰加倍。

[[台北市交通局長謝銘鴻]]
“第一次我們的跨年晚會，跟大巨蛋的演唱會活動舉辦，所以我們都有經過事前的沙盤推演”

以101為中心，一直延伸到國父紀念館，都是看煙火熱區，預計將有超過十萬人，但國父紀念館隔一條街，就是大巨蛋，當天則會有三萬多人進場，如果散場時間差距不遠，恐怕會塞爆捷運板南線。

[[民視記者周容萱]]
“在台北市跨年完之後，從1月1日凌晨零點開始，如果是搭乘捷運綠線，南京三民站以及台北小巨蛋站，進站的旅客，都可以享有免費優惠”

祭出免費搭捷運政策，但能否有效舒緩人潮，備受考驗。

[[台北市交通局長謝銘鴻]]
“我們並沒有設定張惠妹演唱會時間，但是我知道好像是12:30，也經過跟主辦單位的溝通。一些互動的活動，把一些人稍微延緩下來，可以避免一窩蜂進到捷運藍線，但這不是強制”

[[台北捷運公司副總經理楊秦恒]]
“同時我們也準備了四部(綠線)加班車，如果真的有人潮聚集的時候大量的人潮，我們也會把加班車派上線來，加強我們的疏運”

即將迎來2025，跨年煙火、演唱會同時進行，北市府繃緊神經，不讓新年第一天，就被市民質疑。

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