Cheapest€16.13
- Taichung T368906:064h 4m10:10和順轉運站Taipei Bus Station
Door to door 4h 48mCO2 8.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Tainan to Taipei bus
Buses from Tainan to Taipei start at €18.33 and take 4h 48m at their fastest.
The Buses from Tainan to Taipei starts at €18.33 and takes 4h 48m door to door, run by 3 operators over 305 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 48mDoor to door
- 4h 4mMoving
- €18.33From
- 8.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| 和欣客運 | €17.78 | 4h 47m |
| 統聯客運 | €17.23 | 4h 46m |
 Taichung | €16.13 | 4h 46m |
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Rooms within reach of Taipei Zoo Station
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When to book Tainan to Taipei
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.9890 days
- €12.8360 days
- €12.8345 days
- €15.5830 days
- €17.2321 days
- €23.2814 days
- €32.637 days
- €27.683 days
- €38.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 201 percent. The most expensive point is €38.68, 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.
- €20.53Sun
- €18.33Mon
- €18.88Tue
- €19.98Wed
- €22.73Thu
- €23.28Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Tainan
Bus
- 和順轉運站
- 興南客運新化站
Taipei
Bus
- Taipei Bus Station
- Taipei Zoo Bus Station
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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 305 km against 265 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 Chiayi City, Taichung, Chang-hua, Yuanlin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Tainan at 06:06 and the last at 14:48, across 7 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 56m | 2h 12m | 44m | €38.84 | 10.1 kg | 7 |
| Coach | 4h 48m | 4h 4m | 44m | €18.33 | 8.2 kg | 7 |
Questions about Tainan to Taipei
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 Tainan to Taipei take?
The Coach from Tainan to Taipei takes 4h 48m door to door, of which 4h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 305 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 Tainan to Taipei cost?
The Coach from Tainan to Taipei starts at €18.33 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €19.43. 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 Tainan to Taipei?
3 operators run the Coach from Tainan to Taipei: 和欣客運, 統聯客運, Taichung. Between them they file around 7 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 Tainan to Taipei use?
The Coach from Tainan to Taipei leaves from 和順轉運站 and arrives at Taipei 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 Tainan to Taipei?
Traveling from Tainan to Taipei by Train costs €38.84 and takes 2h 56m door to door, against 4h 48m 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 Tainan to Taipei?
Fares for the Coach from Tainan to Taipei bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 201 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Tainan to Taipei produce?
The Coach from Tainan to Taipei produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 305 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 Tainan to Taipei?
Operators on the Coach from Tainan to Taipei publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 48m 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 Tainan to Taipei on September 11, 2026: 305 km of route against 265 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 4h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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