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The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed the third reading of the State-run Taiwan Railways Corporation Act (國營台灣鐵路股份有限公司設置條例) that would corporatize the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and transform it into state-owned Taiwan Railways Corp. The Executive Yuan is to set the date on which the new act is to take effect as the implementation of some of its regulations would take time to prepare. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) hailed the passage of the act as a great start to reforming the TRA, and promised to continue improving its safety and operating effici...

TA-RA TRA: The act ‘made history’ by passing a third reading with the support of the president, the Cabinet and the legislature, the transportation minister saidBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNA

Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kuo-tsai (王國材) yesterday pledged to continue communicating with members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union (TRLU) over 16 regulations in the draft Taiwan railway corporation act, after the union on Wednesday canceled a strike planned for the Dragon Boat Festival on Friday next week. “I thank the union for the decision reached on Wednesday following a rational discussion, which was a good start,” Wang told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee in Taipei. “We can now focus on discussio...

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has secured NT$6 billion (US$203.36 million) to support the tourism industry and bus operators, whose businesses have been disrupted by the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee in Taipei yesterday. Lawmakers asked Wang when Taiwan’s borders would reopen to tourists, as Singapore, Thailand and South Korea have lifted quarantine requirements for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Singapore a...

Taipei, May 25 (CNA) The Taiwan Railway Labor Union (TRLU) announced Wednesday that it will cancel a planned strike on Dragon Boat Festival, after progress was made in negotiations with the transport ministry on a plan to corporatize the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA).