Taoyuan to Yuanlin runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 17:28. One passenger pays between €10.08 and €19.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 53m over 157 km, on services run by 7 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest fare our model puts on this corridor, across 7 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
Indicative fares
€10.08 to €19.59
- 71%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Taoyuan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below come from our own model of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 17:28Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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國光客運 runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €17.23Mon14
- about €15.58Tue15
- about €16.13Wed16
- about €16.13Thu17
- about €15.58Fri18
- about €16.13Sat19
- about €15.03Sun20
- about €11.18Mon21
- about €11.18Tue22
- about €11.18Wed23
- about €15.03Thu24
- about €12.83Fri25
- about €12.83Sat26
- about €12.28Sun27
- about €10.08Mon28
- about €10.08Tue29
- about €10.08Wed30
- about €11.18Thu1
- about €10.63Fri2
- about €10.63Sat3
- about €11.18Sun4
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The bus gets you into Yuanlin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yuanlin for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from South Yuanlin Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Taoyuan to Yuanlin
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
- €11.1821 days
- €12.2814 days
- €15.037 days
- €16.133 days
- €17.231 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 71 percent. The most expensive point is €17.23, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Taoyuan to Yuanlin 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
157 km
136 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
475,798 → 124,725
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 157 km against 136 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 Keelung, Toufen, Chiayi City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near South Yuanlin Station
Most of the points near South Yuanlin Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Taoyuan to Yuanlin
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 it take to get from Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
The fastest journey from Taoyuan to Yuanlin takes 1h 53m door to door, of which 1h 9m 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
The cheapest fare from Taoyuan to Yuanlin is €10.08, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €16.68. 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
The cheapest way from Taoyuan to Yuanlin is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 2h 54m 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
The fastest way from Taoyuan to Yuanlin is by train, at 1h 53m door to door. Only 1h 9m 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 €18.47.
When should I book Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
Fares from Taoyuan to Yuanlin bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 71 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Taoyuan to Yuanlin, at €11.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Taoyuan to Yuanlin, at €10.07 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 service from Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
7 operators sell services from Taoyuan to Yuanlin across 2 modes: General Manager, Taichung, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, Taiwan Railway Corporation, 和欣客運, 國光客運. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
88 percent of the services we sell from Taoyuan to Yuanlin are direct. The rest connect at Keelung, Toufen, Chiayi City, with about 50 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin produce?
Traveling from Taoyuan to Yuanlin by coach produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 5.2 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Taoyuan to Yuanlin use?
Services from Taoyuan to Yuanlin by train leave from Taoyuan HSR station and arrive at South Yuanlin 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin?
7 of the 7 operators we sell from Taoyuan to Yuanlin 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 Taoyuan to Yuanlin on September 13, 2026: 157 km of route against 136 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 1h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Yuanlin is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Yuanlin and across Taiwan
Day trips that leave Yuanlin in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Taoyuan reaches 18 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 283 km. Yuanlin reaches 22 places in 1 countries, from 55 to 176 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Taoyuan
- 18Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Yuanlin
Leaving Yuanlin
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators