Fastest€26.19
- Taiwan Railway Corporation TR211306:181h 30m07:48Taichung HSR stationKaohsiung main station
Door to door 2h 14mCO2 6.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Taichung to Kaohsiung City train
Trains from Taichung to Kaohsiung City start at €27.84 and take 2h 14m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Taichung to Kaohsiung City on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Taichung to Kaohsiung City starts at €27.84 and takes 2h 14m door to door, run by 2 operators over 201 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 14mDoor to door
- 1h 30mMoving
- €27.84 to €56.44From
- 06:18 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 6.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 2, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€27.84 to €56.44 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 €55.34Tue15
- about €47.64Wed16
- about €56.44Thu17
- about €43.79Fri18
- about €48.74Sat19
- about €50.39Sun20
- about €33.34Mon21
- about €27.84Tue22
- about €32.23Wed23
- about €39.38Thu24
- about €32.79Fri25
- about €38.29Sat26
- about €31.14Sun27
- about €31.14Mon28
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 October 2, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Taiwan Railway Administration | €25.09 | 2h 10m |
 Taiwan Railway Corporation | €26.19 | 2h 11m |
The train gets you into Kaohsiung City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kaohsiung City for the night the train gets in
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When to book Taichung to Kaohsiung City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.2890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €13.9321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €15.587 days
- €27.133 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 121 percent. The most expensive point is €27.13, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €18.33Sun
- €15.58Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €15.58Wed
- €21.08Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €18.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Taichung
Rail
- Taichung HSR station
- TRA Taichung Station
- Taichung Station (1917-2016)
Kaohsiung
Rail
- Kaohsiung main station
- Kaohsiung Port Station
- Kaohsiung Railway Workshop
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 201 km against 174 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Magong, Tainan, Chiayi City, Yongkang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 14 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 Taichung at 06:18 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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 14m | 1h 30m | 44m | €27.84 | 6.6 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 3h 29m | 2h 45m | 44m | €15.58 | 5.4 kg | 1 |
Questions about Taichung to Kaohsiung City
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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City take?
The Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City takes 2h 14m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 201 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City cost?
The Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City starts at €27.84 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €34.99. 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
2 operators run the Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City: Taiwan Railway Administration, Taiwan Railway Corporation. Between them they file around 5 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City use?
The Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City leaves from Taichung HSR station and arrives at Kaohsiung main 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
Traveling from Taichung to Kaohsiung City by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 3h 29m door to door, against 2h 14m 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
Fares for the Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 121 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City produce?
The Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City produces about 6.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 201 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 Taichung to Kaohsiung City?
Operators on the Train from Taichung to Kaohsiung City publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 14m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Taichung to Kaohsiung City on September 14, 2026: 201 km of route against 174 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.84, and 2h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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