Taiwan Railway refers to the railway in Taiwan Province Province, commonly known as the train. Its full name is Taiwan Province Railway Bureau, and it is a state-owned enterprise. It is different from Taiwan Province's high-speed rail, Taipei MRT and Kaohsiung MRT. High-speed rail is a four-vertical and four-horizontal high-speed passenger train actively built by the mainland; MRT is the urban rail transit, that is, the subway.
Second, what is a railway lunch?
When you take the train, it takes a long time to bind to the train, and sometimes you need to eat according to the ride time. Therefore, there is a mode of selling box lunch at the station or carriage, which is called railway box lunch or train box lunch. A more precise or narrow definition, taking rice as the staple food is considered as a railway lunch.
Taiwan Railway bento refers to the bento made by Taiwan Province Railway, which is called Taiwan Railway bento.
Third, several characteristics of Taiwan Province Railway.
Many systems of the Taiwan Railway are inherited from the Japanese occupation era, such as: the train runs on the left, the track is 1076mm narrow gauge, and the railway bento is also deeply influenced by Japan.
In the early years, Hakkas accounted for a high proportion of Taiwan Railway employees. According to Fan Zhigu, who is a Hakka and now the director of Taiwan Railway, it may be related to the immigration history of Taiwan Province Province. Minnan people migrated earlier, occupying the plains of Taiwan Province Province, and the Hakkas in the later period could only go to the mountainous areas. It is difficult for Hakkas to find jobs in mountainous areas. I heard that state-owned enterprises are recruiting people, and they have to squeeze in if they want to break their heads, so as to be stable.
Four, round iron lunch box
After the recovery of Taiwan, the lunch boxes of Taiwan Railway were mainly ribs, which were sold by train service personnel in each compartment. At first, it was sold in an iron box. After the customer finished eating, the iron box was recycled and cleaned by the waiter. However, due to poor recycling efficiency (passengers take away iron lunch boxes), the cost is too high. Later, sawdust was used, and now paper boxes and plastic boxes are also used.
In recent ten years, in order to catch up with the nostalgic trend, Taiwan Railway has also introduced a stainless steel round lunch box, which consumers can stay for reuse or collection after purchasing.
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In Taiwan Province Province, many people know that railways are losing money in their own industries (transportation), and they all make money by sideline (selling lunch boxes and souvenirs).
Li Yuxia, the manager of Taipei Restaurant of Taiwan Railway, is a Hakka. In an interview with reporters at the end of April this year, she said that the Taipei main station alone sold an average of 7,000 lunches a day and rushed to 8,000 or 9,000 on Friday. But 1994 (2005) when he took over as the manager of the North Restaurant, it was not the grand occasion now.
Manager Li bluntly said that the previous box lunch was terrible and the ribs were too hard. In order to carry out drastic reforms, she spent a long time studying dishes and working with her colleagues (after all, state-owned enterprises ... everyone wants nothing). So far, it has gained a good reputation and even introduced a new flavor (vegetarian lunch)
Sixth, the crowd is Qian Chao making the cake bigger.
In the past decade, Taiwan Railway has followed the example of Japan and Hong Kong East Railway. In addition to the original long-distance numbered trains, we will make greater efforts to develop short-distance commuter customers and increase the number-less slow trains with intensive shifts. To put it bluntly, it is the rapid passage of trains (buses-based trains). Among them, North Taiwan Province Province, with a relatively high population density, relies on the Taiwan Railway for commuting. So the Taipei main station with the largest passenger flow began to be transformed step by step.
The first is the idle space on the second floor, which is subletted to Breeze Department Store to operate the food street. The second part is to re-plan the lobby on the first floor and the space on the first floor underground, and rent it to merchants, most of whom sell food, such as candied fruit, pineapple cake and dried pork. The bento shop in Taipei Station of Taiwan Railway was moved from the basement to the basement, because the ticket gate of Taipei Station was on the basement and the platform was on the basement.
After careful modification, Taipei main station gives people the feeling that it is no longer just a station, but a station full of delicious food, from which all ethnic groups can find their own meals: high price, medium price and parity; Vegetarian food, dessert, drinks, snacks, pasta ... Among them, except for six 7- 1 1 convenience stores, Liufuke Station and Taiwan Railway also have their own convenience stores.
Manager Li of Beican said, I thought it might affect the sales of bento, but I didn't expect the daily sales of Taiwan Railway bento to increase after making the cake bigger.
Seven, look forward to the future
Many passengers reported that not every station has a subway lunch box, and during meal time, the demand on the train often exceeds the supply, so it is impossible to buy a lunch box. Therefore, the next step of Taiwan Railway bento is to launch a service similar to air meal reservation, and add the "buy bento" service to the reservation system. Once a passenger gets on the bus, the train service personnel can directly deliver the box lunch to the passengers according to their seat numbers.