Taiwan High Speed Rail
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About Taiwan High Speed Rail
A railway journey is a convenient way to explore the country. No matter whether you are after a quintessentially old school experience with a slow long-haul train or a super modern highspeed express, a train travel allows you to get to your destination in style and enjoy the trip at its most. Taiwan High Speed Rail is one of the operators you can book a train ride with. Before confirming your booking, remember to check the date of your travel, class, price and conditions of your fare.
What are the Main Stations of Taiwan High Speed Rail ?
The main stations covered by Taiwan High Speed Rail ’s route map include
- Taipei
- Zuoying
- Taichung
- Tainan
- Taoyuan
- Chiayi THSR
- Hsinchu
- Banqiao
- Yunlin
- Changhua
What are the Most Popular Routes of Taiwan High Speed Rail ?
Here are some of the routes offered by Taiwan High Speed Rail which enjoy the greatest popularity with travellers:
What are the Train Classes & Prices of Taiwan High Speed Rail ?
Depending on the length of your trip and your preferences you can choose a first or second class ticket in a sleeper coach for an overnight trip or opt for a hard or soft seat if available. Note that the choice of ticket classes depends both on the route and the length of your trip. Basically, your train may feature first class berths but you will not be able to book one if you are doing just a short two-hour stretch. In general, second class berths are a good choice for longer trips, and soft seats get you covered if your train ride is supposed to take under 4-5 hours.
Pros & Cons of Train Travel
Pros of Train Travel
- The best thing about railway travel is no traffic jams. Even on rush-hour, long weekends or during the high season
- An easy online booking process – you do not need to go to the railway station, which was the case in many places not so long ago!
- Prices for train tickets are usually more affordable compared to airplane tickets yet for certain destinations and trips the total travel time can be almost the same
- While rail travel is obviously slower than air travel, railway stations are often located in the centre of the city which saves you a sack of time getting to/from there while airports are almost always are quite a long way out of the city
- Travelling by night allows you to save on a hotel room and sleep well at the same time – opposite to a night bus where even the sleeping class is a huge compromise
- On certain routes luxury service is available
Cons of Train Travel
- For longer trips a train ride is definitely more time consuming than air journeys
- Trains do ride on schedule but being out of schedule is not unheard of for train travel – and delays can be huge, so if you are planning a connection to your flight, carefully check the time your train arrives at the station and think twice.
- Cleanliness is sometimes an issue with second and third class tickets, and with toilets, too.
- If your train makes a lot of stops, in some cases it is difficult to figure out when to get off as stops are not always clearly announced or marked with the exception of an electronic screen.
Taiwan High Speed Rail Stations
Taiwan High Speed Rail Company Reviews
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Train #834 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 9, 2023
On time and good free wi-fi. Booking process efficent even with the multi stage seat confirmation process. Then a great link from Taoyuan HSR to the airport
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Train #829 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Oct 8, 2023
So many problem when I come to station. The officer don’t let us use the voucher until we come 4 people. And it need passport get tickets too. It kind of strange? We travel in country anyway?
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Train #854 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 2, 2023
Very nice. Keep it up.
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 1, 2023
Everything excellent, except the very unclear explanation on how to get the actual ticket with seating
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 22, 2023
Great.. easy to redeem
No problem at all
Thanks 12go
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 18, 2023
It took me a long time to get the reservation confirmation. The information on the web site was not very clear.
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Train #841 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Dec 22, 2021
Had a good trip to Tainan, it tool only a long time to get the boarding ticket at the station.
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Train #648 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 16, 2021
I'm foreigner in Taiwan, so my tickets were valid. My gf is Taiwanese, her tickets were not valid. We lost $100.. You should communicate it more clear on top that this page is only for travellers and not for local people. I've overlooked it. Maybe mark it red for better visibility
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Train #148 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 9, 2020
Great Service
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Train #153 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 9, 2020
Thank you great service
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Train #1652 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 5, 2020
Great trip. Great Service
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Train #813 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 2, 2020
Great service, spacious, on time. Excellent value.
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Train #129 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 15, 2020
Bra bemötande tyst o fint i vagnarna . Bra service !
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Train #625 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 9, 2020
Everything went smooth. We exchanged the voucher the day before travel & only waited minutes in the line up to do this. I checked the price directly with the HSR & it was the same as that offered by 12go.asia. The online booking process was quick & easy & we had reserved seats. I’ll use 12go.asia again!
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Train #829 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 3, 2020
Very easy to exchange the voucher into the ticket - no lines in the middle of a work day and I went the day before I wanted to travel. When exchanging I could still pick a new time and date, and they asked if I wanted to reserve a seat, which I did. Train journey was great and all signs in English, so you don’t have to worry about not understanding.
It seems though that by booking through 12go Asia I did not book a specific ticket to go on this specific train, as at the ticket counter I could still change the date and the time. This was not clear from the 12go Asia site - they make it appear as if you book a specific train (like when you book a train in Europe). The only thing you basically do is get a voucher to get a train ticket. I’m not sure what the added value is of 12go Asia here if they don’t reserve anything for you. Next time I will probably just buy at the ticket counter at the Taipei Station.
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Train #651 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Dec 14, 2019
Great, fast, clean train. We did not have a reserved seat, that would have made it 5*. We could sit though, but no idea how te reserve a dedicated seat on 12go.asia.
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Train #648 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Dec 9, 2019
Very good
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Train #1214 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 28, 2019
Great trip
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Train #1250 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 11, 2019
good
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Train #803 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 11, 2019
good and no hassle
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Train #610 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 8, 2019
Clean train, very fast and smooth journey
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Train #1563 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 31, 2019
Trıp was good. Personnel was helpful. One comment: It takes long time to wait in ticketing lines to exchange the voucher for a ticket. Also, the personnel cannot easily locate the reservation number on the voucher : If you cannot come up with a common format so that the MSRT personal will be instantly familiar, at least you can have the code printed in big size at the top of the voucher to attract the attention. Thanks.
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Train #834 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 6, 2019
Very punctual and tourist friendly.
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Train #125 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 3, 2019
The fast train was fast and efficient. Well done!
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Train #618 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , May 14, 2019
Staffs at counter were very friendly and helpful
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Train #625 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 24, 2019
All worked out pretty well!
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Train #806 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Oct 23, 2023
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Sep 6, 2023
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Train #814 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 24, 2023
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Train #805 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 1, 2023
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Train #834 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 28, 2023
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jun 19, 2023
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Train Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , May 9, 2023
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Train #137 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 21, 2023
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Train #165 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 7, 2023
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Train #687 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 26, 2023
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Train #628 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 26, 2023
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Train #137 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 23, 2023
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Train #137 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jan 3, 2023
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Train #687 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Dec 13, 2022
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Train #628 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 8, 2022
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Train #829 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Nov 4, 2022
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Train #642 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Oct 25, 2022
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Train #121 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Jul 6, 2022
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Train #854 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Mar 27, 2020
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Train #1250 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Mar 5, 2020
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Train #667 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 26, 2020
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Train #603 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 26, 2020
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Train #829 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 26, 2020
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Train #658 Standard Seat, Taiwan High Speed Rail , Feb 10, 2020