From today until Sunday, vehicles traveling on the following sections of the freeways between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. must carry three or more people: southbound highway 1 between Neihu and Toufen, southbound highway 3 between Muzha and Hsiangshan, and southbound highway 5 between Nankang and Pinglin.

All toll stations on the freeways will also stop collecting fees from today until Sunday between 12 a.m. and 11 a.m.

National Expressway Bureau has also urged travelers to take alternate routes over the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday as the bureau estimates that some 2.3 million vehicles will jam the nation’s freeways today alone.

Motorists traveling between Taipei and Taichung should take highway 1, while those traveling longer distances between northern and southern Taiwan should take highway 3, said the bureau’s Li Tai-ming.

Li also warned motorists to expect heavy holiday traffic on highway 5 between Taipei and Ilan.

Li said that for today, the southbound highway 5 from Taipei to Ilan will be congested from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the opposite direction.

Motorists are urged to take the coastal highway between Taipei County and Ilan County.

Meanwhile, the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) said yesterday that all seats for travel along the eastern and western lines have been sold out for today and Sunday, but that tickets are still available for tomorrow and Saturday.

TRA said that it will consider putting the 24 newly purchased tilting trains into service to accommodate travelers over the holiday depending on passenger demand.

TRA will add 218 more regular train services for the four-day holiday.

Taiwan High Speed Rail travelers have the option of renting a car at one of the stations across Taiwan with numerous car rental companies competing for service.

Travelers may consider renting a car by the hour with Orix, which is less expensive than renting from other car rental companies by the day.

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