Taipei: Rail and air services around Taiwan and most ground transportation services to Taoyuan International Airport had largely returned to normal by Sunday afternoon as Typhoon Bavi moved away from Taiwan, but ferry services to outlying islands remained disrupted.
According to Focus Taiwan, Taiwan Railway Corp., which runs Taiwan's standard train network, stated that services on the western and eastern trunk lines, as well as the South Link Line, had returned to normal. The cleanup of the Neiwan Branch Line in Hsinchu was completed ahead of schedule, allowing service to resume with Train No. 1824 departing from Zhuzhong Station at 2:52 p.m. Consequently, the shuttle bus service between Zhuzhong and Neiwan was discontinued. The north-south high-speed train line also resumed its normal schedule on Sunday, as announced by Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC).
Flights in and out of Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport were getting back on track by Sunday afternoon. The Taoyuan International Airport Corp. (TIAC) reported that 672 passenger flights carrying approximately 155,000 passengers and 84 cargo flights were set to land and take off from the airport on Sunday. However, 123 flights were canceled due to planes unable to depart the previous day.
Ground transportation options to the airport, including the Taoyuan Airport MRT and most bus routes, had largely resumed normal operations. Exceptions included the 1623 bus route to Taichung, scheduled to resume at 2:35 p.m. Sunday, and routes 1819B and 1842, which remained suspended. Shuttle buses between Terminals 1 and 2 were operational.
The airport reopened its observation decks after closures since Friday evening. Taipei Songshan Airport saw most international and domestic flights canceled earlier in the day, but schedules were normalizing by afternoon.
The Danjiang Bridge in New Taipei, closed since Friday night, reopened at 10 a.m. Sunday post-safety inspections. However, ferry services were still heavily impacted, with 14 ferry routes comprising 101 sailings suspended, according to the Maritime and Port Bureau.
The Central Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) reported that Typhoon Bavi had injured 134 people in Taiwan, including six foreign nationals. The storm also caused water and power disruptions, affecting 4,278 households' water service and 247,558 households' electricity. Most services were restored, with remaining outages expected to be resolved by late Sunday.
Additionally, the barrier lake on Hualien County's Wanli River reached 82.31 percent capacity, posing an overflow risk by Wednesday. Authorities cautioned residents to avoid the riverbed until further notice.