Cheapest€26.74
- Taiwan Railway Corporation TR567706:171h 58m08:15Taipei Zoo StationOld Taitung Station
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Taipei to Taitung train
Trains from Taipei to Taitung start at €26.74 and take 2h 36m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Taipei to Taitung on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Taipei to Taitung starts at €26.74 and takes 2h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 258 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 36mDoor to door
- 1h 52mMoving
- €34.44 to €79.54From
- 06:17 to 18:01First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 8.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€34.44 to €79.54 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €79.54Fri18
- about €71.84Sat19
- about €61.94Sun20
- about €42.69Mon21
- about €41.04Tue22
- about €44.89Wed23
- about €56.44Thu24
- about €44.89Fri25
- about €47.09Sat26
- about €46.54Sun27
- about €36.64Mon28
- about €34.44Tue29
- about €37.19Wed30
- about €41.59Thu1
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 6, 2026
Fastest€31.69
- Taiwan Railway Corporation TR219410:301h 52m12:22Taipei Zoo StationOld Taitung Station
Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Taiwan Railway Corporation | €26.74 | 2h 33m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Taitung. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Taitung for the night the train gets in
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When to book Taipei to Taitung
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.5990 days
- €27.8460 days
- €25.6445 days
- €28.3930 days
- €34.9521 days
- €39.0814 days
- €54.427 days
- €58.553 days
- €66.811 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €66.81, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €37.90Sun
- €35.54Mon
- €33.77Tue
- €34.95Wed
- €39.08Thu
- €39.08Fri
- €40.85Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Taipei
Rail
- Taipei Zoo Station
- Taipei Main Station
- Taipei Zoo South Station
Taitung
Rail
- Old Taitung Station
- Taitung Coast Station
- Taitung railway station
What the journey looks like
- 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 258 km against 258 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Fengshan, Yilan, Zhudong, Hualien City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 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 Taipei at 06:17 and the last at 18:01, 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 36m | 1h 52m | 44m | €26.74 | 8.5 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 65.4 kg | 6 |
Questions about Taipei to Taitung
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 Taipei to Taitung take?
The Train from Taipei to Taitung takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 258 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 Taipei to Taitung cost?
The Train from Taipei to Taitung starts at €26.74 for one passenger, as of September 17, 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 Taipei to Taitung?
1 operators run the Train from Taipei to Taitung: 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 Taipei to Taitung use?
The Train from Taipei to Taitung leaves from Taipei Zoo Station and arrives at Old Taitung 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 Taipei to Taitung?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Taipei to Taitung, at €26.74 and 2h 36m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Taipei to Taitung?
Fares for the Train from Taipei to Taitung bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.64. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Taipei to Taitung produce?
The Train from Taipei to Taitung produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 258 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 Taipei to Taitung?
Operators on the Train from Taipei to Taitung publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 36m 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 Taipei to Taitung on September 17, 2026: 258 km of route against 258 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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