Chiayi City to Danshui runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 06:01. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €16.68, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h over 246 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.83 to €16.68
- 119%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chiayi City
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 06:01Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
General Manager runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Chiayi City to Danshui on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €27.68Wed16
- about €29.33Thu17
- about €29.33Fri18
- about €30.98Sat19
- about €26.03Sun20
- about €22.18Mon21
- about €18.88Tue22
- about €19.43Wed23
- about €23.28Thu24
- about €20.53Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €22.18Sun27
- about €19.98Mon28
- about €16.68Tue29
- about €15.03Wed30
- about €16.68Thu1
- about €15.03Fri2
- about €19.98Sat3
- about €18.33Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €15.58Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Danshui. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Danshui for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from 臺北港旅客服務中心 and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Chiayi City to Danshui
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €16.6860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €13.9330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €16.6814 days
- €18.887 days
- €29.333 days
- €27.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 119 percent. The dearest point is €29.33, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chiayi City to Danshui and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
246 km
213 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
263,188 → 189,271
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 246 km against 213 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Changhua, Yuanlin, Chang-hua, Taichung. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near 臺北港旅客服務中心
Most of the points near 臺北港旅客服務中心 open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Chiayi City to Danshui
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Chiayi City to Danshui?
The fastest journey from Chiayi City to Danshui takes 4h door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 15m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Chiayi City to Danshui?
The cheapest fare from Chiayi City to Danshui is €12.83, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €19.98. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Chiayi City to Danshui?
The cheapest way from Chiayi City to Danshui is by coach, at €16.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 2m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Chiayi City to Danshui?
Fares from Chiayi City to Danshui bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 119 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chiayi City to Danshui?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chiayi City to Danshui, at €16.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chiayi City to Danshui?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chiayi City to Danshui, at €13.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Chiayi City to Danshui?
1 operators sell services from Chiayi City to Danshui across 1 mode: General Manager. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Chiayi City to Danshui?
20 percent of the services we sell from Chiayi City to Danshui are direct. The rest connect at Changhua, Yuanlin, Chang-hua, Taichung, with about 78 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chiayi City to Danshui use?
Services from Chiayi City to Danshui by coach leave from 大林驛站 and arrive at Danshui bus station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Chiayi City to Danshui?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Chiayi City to Danshui allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chiayi City to Danshui on 15 September 2026: 246 km of route against 213 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Danshui a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Danshui and across Taiwan
Day trips that leave Danshui in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Chiayi City reaches 26 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 265 km. Danshui reaches 8 places in 1 countries, from 56 to 213 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chiayi City
- 26Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators
Arriving in Danshui
Leaving Danshui
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators