TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- Services provided by two new city bus routes in Taoyuan are expected to bring more convenience to passengers traveling to and from the city’s Zhongli and Bade areas, Taoyuan’s Department of Tourism said in a news release on March 19.

Taoyuan City Bus No. 210 connecting Guo Ling (過嶺), Dalun (大崙), with Taoyuan HSR Station, and Bus No. 717 connecting Longgang Circle (龍岡圓環) with MRT Yongning Station (永寧捷運站) are now operational, the department said.

Both Bus No. 210 and Bus No. 717 are operated by Ubus (統聯客運). To encourage the public to utilize the services provided by the two new routes, the bus company is holding a prize draw activity. Taking a ride of either bus route from now until the end of March will be rewarded with a prize draw ticket by the bus driver, Ubus said.

To enter the prize draw, ticket holders will have to tag a friend and leave the serial number of a prize draw ticket, before April 1, via a message to: @統聯客運 搭桃園210或717公車抽iPhone，我的抽獎序號XXXXX.

The prizes include one iPhone XR 64G first prize, five Zi Nan Temple- Lukang day-trip voucher second prizes, 10 Taoyuan Airport-Yilan round-trip ticket third prizes, and 100 EasyCard or iPASS card fourth prizes, according to Ubus.

For the prize draw activity, please refer to this site.

For information about the route maps, timetables, and fares of these two new bus routes, please refer to this site.

(The following photos are courtesy of Taoyuan’s Department of Tourism)