Passengers received an unpleasant surprise while taking the Taoyuan Airport MRT last Monday.
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About 1,000 passengers taking the Taoyuan Airport MRT found themselves stranded after an electric outage immobilized trains at 8:43 pm last Monday. Faced with the suspension of services, they had to quickly figure out other modes of transport.
Another close to 120 passengers had no other recourse than to walk on the MRT tracks in the dark as their train stopped some 200m away from the Taishan Guihe Station (A6).
Taoyuan Metro Corp. explained that an electrical substation tripped which cut power supplies to trains running between Taipei Main Station (A1) and Kengkou Station (A11). The electric outage lasted until 9:49 p.m. Train schedules were later adjusted to compensate for the delay.
The company said that the cause of the outage is still being investigated and affected passengers can request a refund within seven days.