Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) The Alishan Forest Railway will add services during the four-day National Day holiday from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10 to accommodate the large crowds expected, railway official Chien Hsin-li said Friday.

Chien said there will be two reserved seating trains going up and down the mountain every day during the four-day holiday and a train without reserved seating going in each direction on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8.

An additional train without reserved seating will depart from Chiayi Station at 8:30 a.m. to head up the mountain and head back down the mountain leaving from Shitzulu Station at 11:40 a.m.

The second train per day with reserved seating runs only on weekends and holidays, while the train without reserved seating normally only runs on weekends.

Tickets for the National Day long-weekend holiday express trains with reserved seating will be available online from 6 a.m. on Sept. 22.