Chiayi City to Taoyuan

The fastest journey from Chiayi City to Taoyuan takes 2h 16m door to door, of which 1h 35m 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan is €11.18, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €21.08. 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 3h 39m 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan is by train, at 2h 19m door to door. Only 1h 35m 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 153 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Chiayi City to Taoyuan, at €13.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan, 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan 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 Chiayi City to Taoyuan 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.

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

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