Travel to Kaohsiung City

Every way to reach Kaohsiung City: 4 modes compared, with fares.

Kaohsiung City is reachable from 53 places across 9 countries by 4 modes, on services run by 24 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 10m door to door. The nearest origin is 43 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Kaohsiung City

Every mode that actually calls at Kaohsiung City, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train30€11.881h 10m315 km2
Coach30€10.071h 37m298 km2
Flight66€31.413h 45m2,988 km19
Ferry4€11.884h 40m129 km1
  • 53Places you can arrive from
  • 53Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 24Operators

The trip ends at Kaohsiung main station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Kaohsiung City for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3225%Tainan, 43 km
200 to 600 km4232%Hualien City, 201 km
600 to 1,500 km2620%Hong Kong, 632 km
Over 1,500 km3023%Hanoi, 1504 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Kaohsiung City that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Taiwan7054%
China3023%
Japan118%
Vietnam65%
South Korea54%
Hong Kong SAR China22%
Macao SAR China22%
Singapore22%
Thailand22%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Kaohsiung City

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kaohsiung

Rail
  • Kaohsiung main station
  • Kaohsiung Port Station
  • Kaohsiung Railway Workshop
Bus
  • Kaohsiung Bus Jianguo Station
  • 岡山轉運站
Air
  • KHH
Ferry
  • KHH #2 碼頭
  • Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Kaohsiung City

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Kaohsiung City, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Chiayi City to Kaohsiung City bus€10.072h 24m97 km
Yongkang District to Kaohsiung City bus€10.071h 37m46 km
Yongkang District to Kaohsiung City train€11.881h 13m46 km
Tainan to Kaohsiung City train€11.881h 10m43 km
Magong to Kaohsiung City ferry€11.885h 32m129 km
Budai to Kaohsiung City ferry€11.884h 40m86 km
Yuanlin to Kaohsiung City bus€12.283h 8m151 km
Chang-hua to Kaohsiung City bus€12.833h 23m164 km
Changhua to Kaohsiung City bus€12.833h 23m163 km
Taichung to Kaohsiung City bus€13.383h 26m174 km
Taitung to Kaohsiung City train€16.841h 36m87 km
Taipei to Kaohsiung City bus€17.235h 9m298 km
Hsinchu to Kaohsiung City bus€17.784h 38m252 km
Zhubei to Kaohsiung City bus€18.334h 41m257 km
Taoyuan to Kaohsiung City bus€19.435h 7m283 km
Bade District to Kaohsiung City bus€19.435h 25m276 km

We cannot promise Kaohsiung main station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kaohsiung City

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Kaohsiung City

Common questions about Travel to Kaohsiung City

How can I get to Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City is reachable by 4 modes on our network, from 53 places, across 9 countries, on services run by 24 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Kaohsiung City?

The cheapest way into Kaohsiung City is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 53 origins we sell into Kaohsiung City over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Kaohsiung City?

The fastest journey into Kaohsiung City is by train, at 1h 10m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 43 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Kaohsiung City have?

Kaohsiung City has 8 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Kaohsiung main station, Kaohsiung Port Station, Kaohsiung Railway Workshop. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Kaohsiung City from within 200 km?

32 of the routes we sell into Kaohsiung City start within 200 km. The nearest is Tainan, 43 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Kaohsiung City in Taiwan?

Kaohsiung City connects to 53 places on our network across 9 countries, the furthest of them 2,988 km away in a straight line. Taiwan routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Taiwan

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Kaohsiung City afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kaohsiung City and across Taiwan

Day trips that leave Kaohsiung City in the morning and cover a good part of Taiwan by evening.

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