Taiwan High Speed Rail (台灣高鐵, HSR) | GuideToTaiwan.com

The fastest of all train services available on Taiwan, the High Speed Rail connects the island's major cities along rail tracks independent from the ... Skiptomaincontent GuideToTaiwan.com Mainnavigation HotSearch TaoyuanAirport(TPE) TaipeiMainStation PingxiLine RuifangStation Transit InternationalAirport AirportMRT HighSpeedRail TaiwanRailway TaipeiMRT KaohsiungMRT TaichungMRT CityBus IntercityBus(客運) Airport Ferry TouristInfo Passport&Visa EasyCard,iPass Currency(NT$) UsefulPhoneNumbers About UnitConverter ReceiptLottery TaiwanHighSpeedRail(台灣高鐵,HSR ) ThefastestofalltrainservicesavailableonTaiwan,theHighSpeedRailconnectstheisland'smajorcitiesalongrailtracksindependentfromthestandardrailway,providingfast,efficient,andpunctualservice. DevelopedonJapaneseShinkansentechnology,trainscanreachatopspeedof300KM/H(185MPH),withjourneytimeasshortas96minutesbetweenTaipeiandKaohsiung. Openedin2007,thelinehasbecomeanintegralpartofTaiwan'spublictransitsystem,effectivelyreplacingmanydomesticflightsandallowingpassengerstocomfortablyandconvenientlyreachdestinationsalongtheisland'swestcoast. RunningbetweenTaipeiandKaohsiung,therailserviceoperatesonelinealongthewestcoastreachingallthemajorcities.AlltrainservicesstopatTaipei,Banqiao,Taichung,andZuoyinginKaohsiung,whileothertrainservicesmaystopatvaryingstations. Duetothedifficultiesinprocuringlandusagerightsindevelopedareas,thelinefollowsarouterunningslightlyoutsidemajorcityareas.OnlytheTaipeisectionpassesthroughthedowntownareaviaundergroundtracksparalleltothestandardrailway,andtheKaohsiungsectionrunsintothenorthernurbanneighborhoodatZuoying,whereitconnectstothelocalMRTandadditionaltrainservices.Insomecases,thetransittimebetweentheHSRanddowntownareasmaynegateanytimesavingsoverstandardrailorbus.Forexample,passengerstravelingbetweenTaichungandTainandowntownareasmayonlysave10minuteswhenaccountingformultipletransfersasopposedtosimplytakingastandardtrain. Traincarsoperatingonthelineareaderivativedesignofthe700SeriesShinkanseninusageinJapan,howeverarebuilttoEuropeansafetystandardsandareadaptedtomatchTaiwan'sclimateconditions. Ticketsareavailableforsinglerides,multi-ridesforcommuters,flexibletickets,andaspartofmixedflexibleticketswiththestandardrailway.Flexibleticketsarenotacceptedontrainsandrequireexchangeforacarticketatthewindowbeforeboarding.FlexibleticketsmayofferdiscountsorpromotionsforforeigntouristswithoutresidencyinTaiwan.OtherdiscountssuchasseniororstudentsareonlyavailableforpassengerswhoholdaTaiwanese-issuedIDorcurrentlyvalidTaiwan-issuedstudentID. Discountsareavailableforforeigntouristsviathefollowingmethods: Advanceonlinepurchaseofaflexibleticket. DiscountsareavailableforTaiwaneseresidentsbyusageofcreditcardpromotionsorearly-birdsales. RouteInformation Nangang(南港 ) NAG BL 22 0980 Taipei(台北 ) TPE R 10 BL 12 A 1 1000 Banqiao(板橋 ) BAQ BL 07 Y 16 1020 Taoyuan(桃園 ) TAY A 18 Hsinchu(新竹 ) HSC 1194 Miaoli(苗栗 ) MIL 3150 Taichung(台中 ) TAC 3340 G 119 Changhua(彰化 ) CHH Yunlin(雲林 ) YUL Chiayi(嘉義 ) CHY Tainan(台南 ) TAN 4272 Zuoying(左營 ) ZUY R 16 4340 Search