This Metro System Has It ALL! | Taipei Metro Explained

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Taipei has one of the most reliable and well developed metro systems in Asia, and the system was built over just 20 years! Check out today’s video to learn more and don’t forget to share.

Special thanks to Taipei Urbanism and Pieter Funnekotter for helping with this video!

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This is a reupload due to technical issues, please enjoy if you haven't seen it before!

[glennaa]

Taipei is awesome. The system is quite orderly and fares are incredibly cheap. If you haven't done Seoul yet I think it's also an amazing system. It's a huge spread-out city with an enormous collection of transit lines. Bangkok is pretty fascinating too. They have a huge building spree going on now adding lines to the system. It's an enormous investment but given Bangkok's legendarily horrendous traffic issues they certainly had to do something.

[EdgyNumber]

Thanks Reece, I used to live in Taipei in the early 2010's and the MRT system was vital for quickly getting around. Keen to point out that to travel on this network is incredibly cheap between stations though there is no day ticket. A smartcard is purchasable at all MRT stations and the credit can even be used in many shops not even associated with the station!

At the time, the Taoyuan Airport MRT was under construction. Its HUGE!! Back in 2013 the 20 mile journey had to be completed by coach (£4) or by taxi (£20.) Back in 2019 I returned and was able to use the Airport express MRT service and WOW!!! - what a difference. What gets me is that they had to blast through a small mountain to get the line through. Up to that point the line climbs really high and you can feel the change in altitude. The link between Taipei Main Station and Taoyuan made ALL the difference.

Fyi, I used to live along Fú Dé Street in the east, my closest MRT station was Yongchun on the blue line. That red line extension could've been more useful to me back then. Lol.

[allentchang]

You should have mentioned about the number of announcement languages used on the Taipei Metro: Mandarin, English, Hokkien (Min-nan), Hakka, and (on select stations) Japanese. When your train approaches Taipei Main Station, you'll hear 5 announcement languages about that.

[meng-hsuanlee]

Being from Taiwan and having traveled around the world, I’m not shy to say that Taipei really has one of the most modern, cleanest, and most efficient metro systems in the world.

[kitsunec]

Fun fact, Taipei MRT digs often have to pause due to archaeology and discovery of old walls and structures underneath. There's even a cute exhibit inside Beimen station (green line, iirc) that have a little excavation dig glassed up that you can peer at.

[scooooter]

Taipei's metro was the best public transport combined with U-bikes. This is coming from a Tokyo resident. Tokyo may have lots of lines and stations but lacks in designs that makes sense. In Taipei, I never got lost, platforms were clear on where they're headed to, and where's the exit. What a pleasure it was to use

[JoeyMore]

Another notable feature of the system that you alluded to, but deserves to be said explicitly is the quality of the stations. I've never been anywhere outside of Japan that has such extensive retail in many of the stations. Additionally, it's got really nice, clean bathrooms and something I've never seen anywhere else: breastfeeding rooms at 39 busy stations!

Taipei's transit card, EasyCard, is somewhat like HongKong's Octopus Card or many of Japan's transit cards in that it can be used for a lot more than transit (convenience stores, etc). But in some ways, it's even more advanced as you can get SIM cards and phone apps that emulate EasyCard rather like in Shanghai. You can even get phone cases, keychains and watches (much cheaper than smart watches) that have EasyCard chips built in. My favourite integration is with the city's very extensive bike hire system -- just so simple!

The system is just incredibly attuned to passenger experience in a way that many places could learn from.

[footballfanstyleonye]

Taiwan looks like such a cool country to visit! It must be easy to get around Taipei for tourists with this extensive system.

[hudsonylin]

Fun fact: Most of us used to call the Orange Line the "Yellow Line", until the Circular actual Yellow Line opened last year, which forced most of us to change our habit.

[IANinALTONA]

Suggestions to cover: Germany' number 2 and number 3 cities: Hamburg and Munich. Especially Hamburg is interesting with 100+ years of history, elevated sections, ferries, and s-Bahn on top of the U-Bahn, S-Bahn interlining with regional rail (dual power), etc.

[stevenlee_]

Thanks for this informative video! As a frequent visiter of Taiwan, I am always impressed by how great the Taipei MRT from how organized/convenient it is to how clean it is. In fact, there is a Taipei MRT Museum near Taipei that has a fully functional section of the MRT train that you can enter and control the doors to which is used to teach the evacuation procedures. It is also connected to a platform/station tunnel in which you are taught what to do if you ever fall onto the tracks. It is always a treat to ride on the MRT!

[AndyOUO-yo]

In fact, before 2000, there are only three lines: brown line from Taipei Zoo to Zhongshan Junior High School, red line above CKS Memorial Hall and Green line below that station and orange line from Guting to Nanshijiao(Trains travel from Tamsui to Xindian and from Beitou to Nanshijiao), and blue line. In the past decade, we called the routes of Metro Taipei "Double Tens".

[ArnoPeck]

Best city to travel in, wonderful public transportation!
Very well done, smart, easy to use and reliable.
Everything is integrated, from public bicycles, buses, MRT, to Trains, and all with a single card.
If I compare to Italian transportation I'll cry...

[lzh]

Taiwan/ROC's intercity rail operator Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) also runs commuter rail service thru Taipei, from the port city of _Keelung_ in the NE to _Miaoli/Taoyuan/Hsinchu_ in the SW. They just bought 10-car rolling stock from Hyundai Rotem (EMU900) with a mix of transverse & longitudinal seating, but running with 25kV AC overhead wires & Cape track gauge instead. They have older stock too e.g. EMU700, 800

[leschere]

Zurich Explained would be my Candidate: The city has an interesting mass transit system, relying mostly on trams. Otherwise keep up the good work, Reece ❤

[richardvanderlaak]

Hi! I would love your take on the bonkers situation of the Charleroi Metro. It's amazing (and not specifically in a good way)

[amiim]

Oh my word! You’ve done such a great job explaining the rail system! I have not gone back since 2008! I’d love to go back and visit utilize what you’ve highlighted here.
Thank you for such a great job on this segment!

[jacobmtaylor]

Having recently travelled to Taipei I can say that this Metro system is one of the better that I've experienced. As you say, the airport line is very similar to HK. Though I prefer the type of carriage used on the HK line, as it's more comfortable compared to the metro styling seating used in Taiwan.

[sanluxi]

I really liked the video, it explained the Taipei subway system very well, congratulations from Brazil!