Remarkably, the express doesn't immediately set off, waiting instead for those disembarking from Pinghsi Branch Line train to board. Rare is it that an express will wait for a local in Taiwan.
妙的是，開來的莒光號倒也不立刻開走，而是等平溪線的旅客下車，搭上這班列車之後，才開出去，成為台灣莒光號等普通車的特例。