Transportation Guide

This page provides a list of potential transportation options and some other helpful tips when you are planning your travel around Taipei. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact tw.delegations@ymunt.org.

Traveling by MRT

The Taipei city metro hours of operation are 6 a.m. to midnight daily.

How to Pay and Where to Buy Passes

  • Single Journey: Blue IC Single Journey Tokens can be purchased from the token vending machines and Metro station information counters in all stations. 

  • One-day EasyCards Pass and 24-hour, 48-hour, 72-hour and All Pass: Available for purchase at all Metro station information counters. Each pass can only be used by one passenger at a time.

Fare Rates

Admission to the trains is via blue plastic single-journey tokens or electronic stored value cards called EasyCards. Travelers can calculate single journey fare here, which depends on journey distance.

  • Single Journey: NT$20 - NT$65

  • One-day EasyCards Pass: NT$150

  • 24hr Taipei Metro Pass: NT$180

  • 48hr Taipei Metro Pass: NT$280

  • 72hr Taipei Metro Pass: NT$380

  • All Pass Ticket: NT$1,280 includes unlimited rides for 30 days on Taipei Metro, Taipei buses, and YouBike bike share.

Passengers with EasyCards get a fare discount between subway and bus if the transfer is done within one hour.

Important Things to Know About Riding the MRT

  • Eating, drinking, chewing gum, and smoking are not allowed.

  • Passengers must line up to board trains.

  • Don't sit in seats designated for the elderly, disabled, pregnant passengers, and those traveling with young children. 

  • When riding the escalator, stand on the right and walk on the left.

Subway Lines 



Taoyuan Airport MRT

Taoyuan Airport MRT shortens the distance between Taipei and Taoyuan with the express service taking only 35 minutes from Taoyuan Airport Terminal 1 to Taipei Main Station and 38 minutes from Terminal 2 to Taipei Main Station.

METRO ROUTE MAP
TIMETABLE
TRANSIT INFORMATION

Fare Rates: Single journey rides: NT$30 to NT$160. 

Express Train and Commuter Train

Before boarding the MRT, please check if it is a purple express train or a blue commuter train. From Terminal 1, the express train takes 35 minutes to arrive at Taipei Main Station and the commuter train takes 50 minutes.

Free 4G Wi-Fi is available at all stations. Express trains are equipped with wireless charging service and luggage racks.

Directions to Airport MRT Station

Terminal 1: The escalator south of B1 Food Court leads to A12 Airport Terminal 1 Station.

Terminal 2: The pathway at the side of B2 Food Court leads to A13 Airport Terminal 2 Station.

Ticket and Service

TICKET INFORMATION
TAKING METHOD
Single-Journey Ticket Fares

Stations




Traveling by Bus

The Taipei Joint Bus System includes general routes, trunk routes, MRT shuttles, mountain buses, recreational buses, and small buses. The bus fare of the Taipei Joint Bus System is based on sections (fare zones). For 2-or-more-section routes, the additional sectional fare is charged at place of alighting if the trip crosses the interaction point (or buffering zone). Most bus stops have electronic signs that countdown to when the next bus is arriving (passengers can also track the bus) and placards indicate the route and timetable. 

Fare Rates: The bus fare is charged based on sections, which impacts how much and how often you pay.

  • One section: NT$15

  • Two sections: NT$30

  • Three sections: NT$45

Payment:

Bus fare is paid in cash or with contactless smart cards on board.

1. Coin:

  • One-segment ticket, regular NT$15; Two-segment ticket, regular NT$30; Three-segment, NT$45. Most passengers will only need a One-segment ticket. The bus driver will notify you if you need to pay more for a Two or Three-segment ticket.

  • Note: Be sure to have the exact ticket amount as buses will not give change.

2. Electronic payment:

  • Just lightly swipe your card over the sensor zone, and payment is automatically completed with the beeping of the reader.

  • Note: Passengers using smart cards have to swipe their cards upon both boarding and alighting from the bus. They will receive a transfer discount for the MRT, bus, and YouBike within one hour after alighting from the bus.

Depending on the route, passengers either pay when getting on or off the bus or both. Look at the electronic sign above the driver: 

  • If it has 上, pay as you get on the bus. 

  • If it has a 下, pay when you get off. 

  • If you paid when you got on and the sign changes during your trip to 下, this indicates you have traveled through another zone and you have to pay again. Sometimes, the driver will hand you a paper ticket when you get on near where two zones meet. Keep this ticket and return it when you depart; it means you don’t have to pay a second time.

Important Things to Know:

  • Double check the number and color of the bus before you get on. Some buses don’t follow the same route coming and going. The color indicated which subway line(s) the bus may stop at.

  • Stations are typically called out in Chinese or appear on a digital board. You can plan your trip here and search for bus stops nearby.


Traveling by YouBike

Taipei bike sharing program YouBike has more than 5,000 bicycles at 163 stations, Riders can use their MRT EasyCards, credit cards, or cellphones to rent one of the yellow and orange bicycles. 

Fare Rates: 

  • $10NT per half-hour up to four hours. 

  • $20NT per half-hour from four hours to eight hours.

  • $40NT per half-hour exceeding eight hours.