The one-month free trial service on the Taipei mass rapid transit Luzhou Line will end Thursday, following mostly positive public reviews, the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC) said Wednesday. According to statistics, the new 12.5-kilometer line has lifted the MRT's current average daily total of 1.41 million passenger trips to around 1.57 million, which the TRTC said has met its expectations. In the first three weeks of service, 3.05 million passenger trips were recorded on the Luzhou Line, the TRTC said. Unlike the Wenhu Line, which has been plagued by glitches since it started operation in July last year, the Luzhou Line has proved to be stable and reliable and has had no major malfunctions in the past month, according to the TRTC. 'The two cases are very different, ' said TRTC manager Wilson Chiang, referring to the Alstom transport system that is used not only in the Luzhou Line, but also in most part of the Taipei MRT network, while the Wenhu Line adopts a hybrid system of Matra of France and Bombardier of Canada, which has taken the blame for its frequent glitches. 