High speed rail suspends non-reserved ticket sales to combat COVID-19

Taiwan's High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) said Thursday that it will sell only reserved seats on its train services between April 30 and May 4 to prevent overcrowding in anticipation of a spike in traffic during the upcoming three-day May 1 Labor Day holiday, as part of its measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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