Originally Posted by
taipeipeter
Moving forward the snail-like construction for train service from downtown to the airport would be a lot more useful for most travelers than anything they can do to the airport itself.
Personally speaking, while the train will be much nicer than the buses, I don't forsee it cutting down on travel time for some people who are travelling to Taoyuan Airport from non-Central Taipei. For example, I recently travelled to the airport from Tianmu and part of the biggest hassle is getting to Taipei Main in order to catch the airport bus. Sadly, that hassle will still exist for many people. The bus journey time is about 45 minutes while the proposed journey time on the MRT is 35 minutes. All that money spent for ten minutes of time savings and that's only if you catch an express train. If not, you're looking at about an hour to get out there.
Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
I thought T2 was perfectly fine. Not the architectural monument that HKG or ICN is, but comfortable, pleasant, and functional. T1, though, was old, dreary, not well-laid-out, and in much need of renovation. Sort of like T1 at Changi, only worse. Changi, though, is getting the facelift it needs. It would be nice for T1 TPE to get the same.
I agree about T2 and was actually pleasantly surprised once I went through immigration on my way out of the country. T1, however, is horrendous, whether arriving or departing. It looks the same as when I lived there about twenty years ago.
Originally Posted by
stefan.aerts
I mean who puts a high speed station so far away from the key locations without making sure a shed load of money gets transferred to decision makers.
I agree. It is so ridiculous to spend billions on dollars and a great new system that makes you have to catch a bus to the airport (most likely one of the most popular destinations) or waste another half hour on a bus (in optimal traffic conditions) getting from the station to town at Hsinchu. We'll see when THSR finally arrives in Kaohsiung and not just Zuoying.