Taichung to Kaohsiung City runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €31.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 10m over 201 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 2 October 2026
€12.83 to €31.14
- 186%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Taichung
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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國光客運 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Taichung to Kaohsiung City 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 €30.43Fri18
- about €22.73Sat19
- about €20.53Sun20
- about €15.58Mon21
- about €19.98Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €21.08Thu24
- about €18.88Fri25
- about €19.43Sat26
- about €18.33Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €18.33Wed30
- about €17.23Thu1
- about €12.83Fri2
- about €13.38Sat3
- about €16.13Sun4
- about €13.93Mon5
- about €14.48Tue6
- about €12.83Wed7
- about €13.38Thu8
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 Kaohsiung City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kaohsiung City for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Taichung to Kaohsiung City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €10.6360 days
- €10.6345 days
- €15.5830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €21.087 days
- €20.533 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is €30.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Taichung to Kaohsiung City 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
201 km
174 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
2,850,285 → 2,737,660
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 201 km against 174 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Magong, Tainan, Chiayi City, Yongkang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Kaohsiung main station
Most of the points near Kaohsiung main station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Taichung to Kaohsiung City
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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
The fastest journey from Taichung to Kaohsiung City takes 2h 10m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 43m, 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
The cheapest fare from Taichung to Kaohsiung City is €12.83, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €30.59. 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
The cheapest way from Taichung to Kaohsiung City is by coach, at €12.83 for one passenger on 2 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 29m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
The fastest way from Taichung to Kaohsiung City is by train, at 2h 14m door to door. Only 1h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €26.19.
When should I book Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
Fares from Taichung to Kaohsiung City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 186 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Taichung to Kaohsiung City, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Taichung to Kaohsiung City, at €10.08 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
No operator record names Taichung to Kaohsiung City directly. Taiwan Railway Administration, Taiwan Railway Corporation, 國光客運 publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
43 percent of the services we sell from Taichung to Kaohsiung City are direct. The rest connect at Magong, Tainan, Chiayi City, Yongkang, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Taichung to Kaohsiung City produce?
Travelling from Taichung to Kaohsiung City by coach produces about 5.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 6.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Taichung to Kaohsiung City use?
Services from Taichung to Kaohsiung City by train leave from Taichung HSR station and arrive at Kaohsiung main 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Taichung to Kaohsiung City 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City on 17 September 2026: 201 km of route against 174 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 2h 10m 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 Kaohsiung City a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kaohsiung City and across Taiwan
Day trips that leave Kaohsiung City in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Taichung reaches 46 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 2,098 km. Kaohsiung City reaches 53 places in 9 countries, from 43 to 2,988 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Taichung
- 46Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 24Operators
Arriving in Kaohsiung City
Leaving Kaohsiung City
- 53Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 24Operators