Travel in Taiwan – Transportation Guide - Taiwanese Secrets

Public transport between the big cities that dot the west and east coasts (Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taidong, Hualien) is cheap, comfortable, ... SkiptoprimarynavigationSkiptomaincontentSkiptoprimarysidebarMENUMENUHomeWhat’sNewAboutTaiwan FactsAboutTaiwanIsTaiwanaCountry?Culture AncientChineseThingsTaiwaneseCultureLanguageMartialArtsMusic FestivalsFood Snacks&FastFoodGuide TravelInfo 17BestRoadTripsinTaiwanAccommodationTransportation TransportinTaiwanHighSpeedRailTrainBusRentaCarScooter&MotorcycleHitchhiking HikingGuideScooter/MotorcycleTravelSurfinginTaiwanNightlifeinTaiwanVisatoTaiwanImportantLinks! 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TravelingaroundTaiwancaneitherbeabreezeorarealpainintheneck. Publictransport betweenthebigcitiesthatdotthewestandeastcoasts(Taipei,Taichung,Tainan,Kaohsiung,Taidong,Hualien)ischeap,comfortable,organizedandpunctual.It’sactuallymorecomfortable,economical,andfasterthantravelingaroundCanada,theStates,orEurope. Readabouttransportandtransitfrom TaiwanTaoyuanInternationalAirport. Gettingtoplacesdeepinthe CentralMountainRange ortovillagesoutsidebigcitiesisadifferentstory.Itcanbequitetroublesomedependingonhowmuchtimeyou’vegotforyourtrip,theweather,yourresourcefulness,andthetimeoftheyear. TableofContents TrainsinTaiwan /RailTravel(TRA)TaiwanHighSpeedTrain(HSR)TravelbyBusinTaiwanTaiwanTouristShuttleTravelbyScooter/MotorbikeRentaCarinTaiwanUsefullinksaboutTravelinTaiwan TrainsinTaiwan /RailTravel(TRA) TravelinginTaiwanbynormaltrain(TRA)isbothaffordableandenjoyable.AtrainridefromTaipei(northernTaiwan)toKaohsiung(southernTaiwan)onlycostsaround845NT$. Findmoreinformationabout traintravelinTaiwan. Checktrain SCHEDULES and FARES ontheTRAwebsite. ATRAtraintravelsalongtheEastCoastfromHualientoTaipei TaiwanHighSpeedTrain(HSR) WastenotimewithtransportationinTaiwan!TravelfromTaipeitoKaohsiunginaslittleas90minutesononeoftheworld’sfastesttrains.RidingTaiwan’sHighSpeedRailisanexperienceinitself! Readmoreinfoaboutthe HSRinTaiwan. OneofthefastestwaytogetaroundTaiwan’swestcoast–theHigh-SpeedRail(HSR) TravelbyBusinTaiwan Oneofthefirstthingsyou’llrealizewhenyougettoTaiwanistheincredibleamountofbusesontheroads.Theyareidealifyou’relookingforacheap(thecheapest)waytotravelinTaiwan.It’salsooneoftheonlywaystoreachsomeofthesmallvillagesandmountainresortsinthemountainsoralongtheeastcoast. TaiwanTouristShuttle Youwillsurelybeusingthe TaiwanTouristShuttle bussystematonepointoranother.Thisamazingserviceoffers 42busroutestomorethan100touristdestinationsaroundtheisland wheretrainsdon’tgosuchasSunMoonLake,Lukang,Alishan,TarokoGorgeandotherremoteareashiddendeepintheCentralMountainRange.Checkschedulesandbusroutesforthe TaiwanTouristShuttlebuseshereontheircolorfulwebsite. Makesuretoalsodownloadtheirappforyoursmartphone. Clickhereformoreinfoabout busesinTaiwan. RemotepartsoftheCentralMountainRangearebestaccessedbytheTouristShuttlebusservice TravelbyScooter/Motorbike TravelinginTaiwanontwowheelsispureheaven.Sure,itcomeswithsomedangers,buttherewardsareworthit!Inthecities,youcanvisitmoreattractionsinlesstimeandinremoteareasyoucangettoplacesnotcoveredbypublictransport. Clickhereformoreinfoabout ridingascooterinTaiwan. CheckoutmyfavoritemotorcycleridesandroadtripsinTaiwan.  ThescooterisTaiwan’s#1wayoftransportation RentaCarinTaiwan ItisveryeasytorentacarinTaiwanandthebestplacestodosoareTaoyuanInternationalAirportandHSRstations.YouwillneedanInternationalDriver’sLicenseandyournormalprovincialorstatelicenseaswelltolegallydriveacarinTaiwan. ReadmoreaboutcarrentalatTaoyuanInternationalAirport,inNorthernTaiwan. RoadsalongtheEastCoastareeasytonavigate! Drivingaroundthebusywestcoastcanbealittlechallengingifyou’renotusedtodrivinginAsiaordon’thaveagoodsenseoforientation.DrivinginthecountrysideoralongtheEastCoastismucheasier!Havingaco-pilotwhohasaccesstoaGPSorGoogleMapisreallyhelpful! Highway#74outsideTaichungCity UsefullinksaboutTravelinTaiwan Bookyourhotelroomnow! Don’twastetimelookingforaccommodationinTaiwan.There’snoreasonnottomakeareservationinadvance. TraveltoTaipei ThisguidetellsyouhowtotraveltoTaipeibyplane,bus,andtrain.UnderstandwherethetwomainairportsinTaipeiare,andfigureouthowtogettothecitycenter.SeetransportationfaresfromTaichung,Tainan,Kaohsiung,Hualien. TransportinTaipeiCity UnderstandhowtogetaroundTaipeibymetro(MRT),bus,andtaxi.Readaboutfares/schedules.Shouldyourentacarorscooter?Howcomplicated/safeisit?GetanswersaboutTaipeitransportationnow! TaichungtoKaohsiung TravelbetweenTaichungandKaohsiungbyHSRhigh-speedtrain,train,busorcar. TaitungtoKenting OneofthebiggestmysteryabouttransportationinTaiwan–howdoyougetfromTaitungtoKentingbypublictransportation?Simple,findalltheanswershere! HualientoKenting ThinkingoftravelingtoKentingfromHualienCity?Hopon!Fewoptionsexist,findouthowtogettothesoutherntipofTaiwanbytrainandbus. ReturnfromTravelinTaiwanto Homepage Clickheretofollowusonfacebook! 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