We're off to Tainan today via Taiwan's High Speed Rail service. The service starts at Taipei's main station and takes about an hour and 40 mins to cover a distance of 260 km. While we were there a new shopping centre was being opened in the terminal. Such is the favourite Asian pastime.
The departure setup is pretty much like an aircraft terminal, with indicator boards and a waiting lounge with the obligatory 7-11 stand selling papers, drinks and snacks.
These trains can reach up to 300+ km/h, although with a few stops in between the trip takes much longer than you'd expect. It still beats the normal service which can take up to 5 hours.
Seats are spacious, if a little hard, but can recline to a comfy angle. There is an on board speedo like on Japanese trains, and is currently showing 289 km/h. So this has definitely got to be my fastest blog post ever (posted live on board via the miracles of mobile data).
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