Taoyuan to Chiayi City

The fastest journey from Taoyuan to Chiayi City takes 2h 16m door to door, of which 1h 33m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Taoyuan to Chiayi City is €11.18, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €23.28. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Taoyuan to Chiayi City is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 38m 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.

The fastest way from Taoyuan to Chiayi City is by train, at 2h 17m door to door. Only 1h 33m 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 €28.39.

Fares from Taoyuan to Chiayi City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 164 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Taoyuan to Chiayi City, at €14.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Taoyuan to Chiayi 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.

No operator record names Taoyuan to Chiayi City directly. General Manager, Taichung, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, Taiwan Railway Administration, Taiwan Railway Corporation, 和欣客運 publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Every service we sell from Taoyuan to Chiayi City is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 16m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Travelling from Taoyuan to Chiayi City by coach produces about 5.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.2 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Taoyuan to Chiayi City by train leave from Taoyuan HSR station and arrive at Sakaechō Station (Chiayi City). 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.

8 of the 8 operators we sell from Taoyuan to Chiayi 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.