Taiwan's North-South high-speed rail line has attracted a lot of customers away from a traditional commuter rail line. The traditional line is playing the nostalgia card by bringing out old-fashioned railway box lunches.
The box lunches apparently aren't enough to get people to ride the slower train, but the provider is selling the lunch boxes at the high-speed rail station.
Reporter Elizabeth Hu writes, "...although the high-speed rail line has seized the heart of passengers who once commuted by the slower trains, it apparently has still not been able to seize their "stomachs," the reports concluded."
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