Eternal peace and vigor With the TRA facing future competition from the high-speed railway, tourism provides an opportunity for the TRA to transform itself. Yet, because of the very great differences between passenger traffic during peak and opposed to non-peak periods, the three branch lines are all running in the red. The TRA does not have the resources to do more packaging or marketing.
永保安康面對高速鐵路未來的競爭，觀光功能是台鐵轉型的一大轉機，但受到台灣離尖峰旅客量落差極大的情形影響，三條支線目前都是虧本經營，台鐵無力再做更多的包裝行銷。