Fastest€34.99
- Taiwan Railway Corporation TR504006:291h 53m08:22Hsinchu HSR stationTainan TR station
Door to door 2h 37mCO2 8.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Hsinchu to Tainan train
Trains from Hsinchu to Tainan start at €25.09 and take 2h 37m at their fastest.
The Trains from Hsinchu to Tainan starts at €25.09 and takes 2h 37m door to door, run by 2 operators over 248 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 37mDoor to door
- 1h 53mMoving
- €25.09From
- 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.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Taiwan Railway Administration | €30.59 |
 Taiwan Railway Corporation | €27.84 |
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Where to stay in Tainan
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Hsinchu to Tainan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €12.8330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €22.187 days
- €24.933 days
- €28.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.23Sun
- €15.58Mon
- €16.13Tue
- €16.68Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €19.43Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Hsinchu
Rail
- Hsinchu HSR station
- Hsinchu TRA station
- North Hsinchu railway station
Tainan
Rail
- Tainan TR station
- Tainan HSR station
- South Tainan 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 248 km against 216 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 Yuanlin, Chang-hua, Taichung, Chiayi City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Hsinchu at 06:29 and the last at 14:17, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 37m | 1h 53m | 44m | €25.09 | 8.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 4h 2m | 3h 18m | 44m | €15.58 | 6.7 kg | 6 |
Questions about Hsinchu to Tainan
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 Train from Hsinchu to Tainan take?
The Train from Hsinchu to Tainan takes 2h 37m door to door, of which 1h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 248 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 Train from Hsinchu to Tainan cost?
The Train from Hsinchu to Tainan starts at €25.09 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €34.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Hsinchu to Tainan?
2 operators run the Train from Hsinchu to Tainan: Taiwan Railway Administration, Taiwan Railway Corporation. Between them they file around 8 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 Train from Hsinchu to Tainan use?
The Train from Hsinchu to Tainan leaves from Hsinchu HSR station and arrives at Tainan TR 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 Train the best way from Hsinchu to Tainan?
Traveling from Hsinchu to Tainan by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 4h 2m door to door, against 2h 37m by Train. 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 Train from Hsinchu to Tainan?
Fares for the Train from Hsinchu to Tainan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Hsinchu to Tainan produce?
The Train from Hsinchu to Tainan produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 248 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Hsinchu to Tainan?
Operators on the Train from Hsinchu to Tainan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 37m 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 Hsinchu to Tainan on September 12, 2026: 248 km of route against 216 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.09, and 2h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Tainan and elsewhere in Taiwan. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in Tainan
Day trips that leave Tainan in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.
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