Fastest€33.34
- Taiwan Railway Corporation TR923911:362h 6m13:42Kaohsiung main stationTaipei Zoo Station
Door to door 2h 50mCO2 9.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kaohsiung City to Taipei train
Trains from Kaohsiung City to Taipei start at €38.29 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kaohsiung City to Taipei on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kaohsiung City to Taipei starts at €38.29 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 2 operators over 298 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 50mDoor to door
- 2h 6mMoving
- €38.29 to €81.19From
- 06:29 to 16:44First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 9.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€38.29 to €81.19 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €66.34Tue15
- about €61.39Wed16
- about €81.19Thu17
- about €67.44Fri18
- about €59.74Sat19
- about €58.09Sun20
- about €54.79Mon21
- about €38.29Tue22
- about €40.49Wed23
- about €55.34Thu24
- about €53.14Fri25
- about €54.24Sat26
- about €45.99Sun27
- about €40.49Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Taiwan Railway Administration | €31.69 | 2h 49m |
 Taiwan Railway Corporation | €33.34 | 2h 48m |
The train gets you into Taipei. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Taipei for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kaohsiung City to Taipei
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €16.6845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €17.2321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €27.687 days
- €36.483 days
- €30.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €36.48, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €21.08Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €17.78Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €26.03Thu
- €21.63Fri
- €27.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kaohsiung
Rail
- Kaohsiung main station
- Kaohsiung Port Station
- Kaohsiung Railway Workshop
Taipei
Rail
- Taipei Zoo Station
- Taipei Main Station
- Taipei Zoo South Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 298 km against 298 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Taichung, Yongkang, Yuanlin, Chiayi City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Kaohsiung City at 06:29 and the last at 16:44, across 9 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 50m | 2h 6m | 44m | €38.29 | 9.8 kg | 9 |
| Flight | 4h | 50m | 3h 10m | €39.67 | 75.5 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 4h 41m | 3h 57m | 44m | €17.78 | 8.0 kg | 4 |
Questions about Kaohsiung City 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 Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei take?
The Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 298 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei cost?
The Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei starts at €38.29 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €42.14. 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei?
2 operators run the Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei: Taiwan Railway Administration, Taiwan Railway Corporation. Between them they file around 9 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei use?
The Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei leaves from Kaohsiung main station and arrives at Taipei Zoo 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei?
Traveling from Kaohsiung City to Taipei by Coach costs €17.78 and takes 4h 41m door to door, against 2h 50m 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei?
Fares for the Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei produce?
The Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei produces about 9.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 298 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 Kaohsiung City to Taipei?
Operators on the Train from Kaohsiung City to Taipei publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kaohsiung City to Taipei on September 14, 2026: 298 km of route against 298 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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