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2024-06-23 19:32:15
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simonbp on Nostr: Trains #5 and #6 were Taipei Metro Wenhu/Brown Line trains, both MERTA VAL 256, the ...

Trains #5 and #6 were Taipei Metro Wenhu/Brown Line trains, both MERTA VAL 256, the first one pictured on the left.

This line has a massive backstory, and getting built was a massive political mess, but the result is a totally elevated original VAL system modified by the Taiwanese with modern control equipment. It works, but feels like the transit equivalent of a gutted 80s computer with a raspberry pi inside running an emulator.

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