TR Pass  The TR Pass () is a rail pass offered by Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA), granting holders of the pass unlimited rides on trains operated by TRA within the day count. The pass can be used by both local and foreign travelers, and different durations of validity are offered as choice. There are two versions of the pass, i.e. the General Pass and the Student Pass. While holders of the former could travel with all types of trains operated by TRA, holders of the latter have more limitations of choice, albeit with a benefit of lowered price. Taiwan High Speed Rail and other privately run rail lines are not covered by the pass, as they are not run by TRA. The official name of the pass is the "TR Pass", a name imitating the JR Pass offered by JR Group. But, while "JR Pass" is a short-hand of its official full name "Japan Rail Pass", "TR Pass" is seldom referred to as "Taiwan Rail Pass"; TRA refers to it as "TR Pass" in all situations. There is no official Chinese name for the General Pass, and most Chinese-speaking travelers simply refer to it as the "TR Pass", even in a Chinese dialogue. But some people call it "台灣鐵路周遊券", mimicking the Chinese name of JR Pass ("日本鐵路週遊券"), because the English name of the pass is also an imitation of "JR Pass". Although currently TRA also refers to the Student Pass as "TR Pass學生版" (lit. "TR Pass - Student Version") in Chinese, in the past TRA often refers to it as "學生優惠周遊券" (lit. "Student Concessionary Pass"). Act according to the policy of National Youth Commission, Executive Yuan (行政院青年輔導委員會), TRA aimed at encouraging foreign students to travel in Taiwan by issuing the TR Pass in December 2006; this explains why at that time only foreign students were eligible to buy and use the pass. In order to encourage tourism by railway and provide an opportunity of travel as a leisure activity to local students in vacation, TRA extended the scheme to local students in 2009. Starting from 1 July 2009, 5-Day and 7-Day TR Student Pass have been available to local students in summer and winter vacation, although the 10-Day version was still exclusively available to foreign students.