Taipei City Government

The 9,960,000,000th Taipei Metro passenger has shown up at MRT Xihu station! All participants in the forecasting game that voted for the Wenhu Line, of which Xihu is a station, are now eligible for the lucky draw of the big prize. 

There’s still time to join the last round of the In Search of Passenger No. 10,000,000,000 event by voting for the station where you think the 10 billionth passenger will emerge, and liking and sharing the event on social media. Stay tuned because that passenger might even be you! As you take the MRT, like or follow the Taipei Metro Fan Page on Facebook, or pin the page on top of your feed to stay up to date as the news unfolds.

The In Search of Passenger No. 10,000,000,000 event also includes the Five Hottest MRT Lines with the Highest Number of Votes event, which includes a lucky draw with grand prizes of EasyCards containing a three-month (90-day) Metro Taipei Free Pass for each lucky winner drawn from among those that have correctly predicted the MRT line where the 9,960,000,000th, 9,970,000,000th, 9,980,000,000th, and 9,990,000,000th passengers will show up. 

In the Share Event Pictures to Attract More Votes event, people may invite friends and family to join the activity, which features a lucky draw with prizes like EasyCards containing three-month, one-month, and 72-hour Metro Taipei Free Passes; commemorative EasyCard gift boxes signed by the mayor of Taipei; a Zenfone 5; a voucher for a one-night stay for two at the Spring City Resort, and many other gifts. For further details, check the Taipei Metro Fan Page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/metro.taipei/ or visit the event website at http://taipeimetro10billion.com.tw/prizes. 

For music lovers, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC) will hold two celebratory concerts titled A Hundred Golden Melodies to Usher in the Tenth Billionth Guest on March 30 and 31 from 13:30 until 18:00 at MRT Daan Park Station. Evergreens from the nineties, hits from the noughties, and contemporary rock songs will be performed by well-known artists, rising singers, and indie groups. 

The program of 100 unique covers will take the audience down memory lane from 1996, when the MRT opened its first line, until today, with the metro indispensable to the fabric of the city. At the concert venue, there will also be a creative lifestyle bazaar. With song and dance and food and drink, it promises to be a merry metro time!

For further information, please contact TRTC’s 24-hr customer service hotline: (02) 218-12345, the Citizen Hotline: 1999 (02-2720-8889 when calling from outside Taipei), or visit the TRTC Chinese website https://www.metro.taipei/.