Transportation in Taipei: Riding Taipei Metro
The good thing about staying in Taipei city is it's very convenient to go from one place to another. Taipei's public transport is very good. If you don't like waiting for the bus, you can traveling via MRT (or subway) to a lot of places. You can see that the MRT lines cover a lot of areas in Taipei.
The only drawback is the MRT line to Taoyuan Airport is not yet built at the moment. But let's hope that the Government will finish it soon, shall we? =P
How to spot the entrance to MRT station? If you spot something that looks like an entrance to the underground, that's most likely is one of the entrances/ exits of an MRT station. Anyway you will see the name of the MRT station once you get closer to it.
You can buy the ticket by using this machine. If you want to get an Easycard (悠遊卡/ Yōuyóu kǎ), you can buy one at the ticketing counter.
You will see that there are queue lines (i.e. the white lines) on the train platform and people do stand in lines according to that white lines. Good manner. I wish this can happen in Indonesia too but..oh well. Anyway, we don't have MRT, yet.
People are not allowed to eat and drink (and chew bubble gum) inside the train. And that's the reason why the MRT looks so clean. The seat in dark blue (see bottom left corner) are meant to be for those in needs i.e. pregnant ladies, the elderly, and people with babies/ kids.
Another info about the MRT, the Taiwanese refer to the MRT as "捷運"/ "Jié yùn". When I just arrived, I asked the whereabout of the MRT but I said "地鐵"/ "Dìtiě" and yeah, nobody understand what I'm referring to. (P.S. If you use Google Translate, both Jié yùn and Dìtiě are actually referring to MRT).
And if you want to know whether Maokong Gondola is operating or not (it sometimes closes due to thunderstorm), you can listen to the announcement at the MRT station. The screen displays at the platform will also display the weather forecast for that day. Cool, right?
If you want to know more about the MRT, you can visit this website: http://english.trtc.com.tw/
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