Cheapest€11.18
- 國光客運 S-126006:492h 40m09:29大林驛站Hsinchu Bus Station
Door to door 3h 24mCO2 4.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Chiayi City to Hsinchu bus
Buses from Chiayi City to Hsinchu start at €12.28 and take 3h 10m at their fastest.
The Buses from Chiayi City to Hsinchu starts at €12.28 and takes 3h 10m door to door, run by 5 operators over 180 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 10mDoor to door
- 2h 26mMoving
- €12.28From
- 4.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| 和欣客運 | €11.73 |
| 國光客運 | €11.18 |
| 統聯客運 | €11.18 |
| General Manager | €11.73 |
 Taichung | €11.18 |
The bus gets you into Hsinchu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Hsinchu HSR station
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When to book Chiayi City to Hsinchu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.7321 days
- €14.4814 days
- €18.337 days
- €17.783 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €22.18, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €13.93Sun
- €12.28Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €16.68Thu
- €14.48Fri
- €14.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chiayi City
Bus
- 大林驛站
- 大林轉運站
Hsinchu
Bus
- Hsinchu Bus Station
- 新竹客運新竹北站
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 180 km against 156 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Chiayi City at 06:01 and the last at 17:28, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €23.99 | 5.9 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 3h 10m | 2h 26m | 44m | €12.28 | 4.9 kg | 15 |
Questions about Chiayi City to Hsinchu
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu take?
The Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu takes 3h 10m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 180 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu cost?
The Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu starts at €12.28 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €12.83. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu?
5 operators run the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu: 和欣客運, 國光客運, 統聯客運, General Manager, Taichung. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu use?
The Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu leaves from 大林驛站 and arrives at Hsinchu Bus Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Chiayi City to Hsinchu?
Traveling from Chiayi City to Hsinchu by Train costs €23.99 and takes 2h 2m door to door, against 3h 10m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu?
Fares for the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu produce?
The Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu produces about 4.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 180 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu?
Operators on the Coach from Chiayi City to Hsinchu publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Chiayi City to Hsinchu on September 12, 2026: 180 km of route against 156 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Hsinchu before you go
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