Banqiao ⇄ Zuoying (Kaohsiung) train price
The southwest Taipei pickup. THSR fares are fully verified; the matching TRA express fare is still missing from our parsed official table, so no number is shown for it.
Fares — every class, both systems
One-way, per adult, NT$. Verified on 2026-11-13; every number traces to a claim in our fact sheet.
| Ticket | Fare |
|---|---|
| THSR — Standard reserved | NT$1,460 |
| THSR — Non-reserved 自由座 stand if full | NT$1,415 |
| THSR — Business | NT$2,390 |
| THSR — Early-bird 35% tier booked ahead | NT$945 |
| THSR — Early-bird 20% tier | NT$1,165 |
| THSR — Early-bird 10% tier | NT$1,310 |
| TRA — 自強 Tze-Chiang express | To be confirmed · OPEN-1 |
Journey times — what we can and can't say yet
We print timings only from verified sources: government figures, THSR's own published schedule, or labelled estimates from named secondary sources. Everything else stays unpublished.
| THSR — observed serviceobserved | observed 126 min on all-stop 8813 (Banqiao 08:19 → Zuoying 10:25) · 126 min |
To be confirmed · OPEN-1To be confirmed · OPEN-4To be confirmed · OPEN-6
BZ-6 (high)
Which one should you book?
Verdict — Banqiao ⇄ Zuoying (Kaohsiung)
- Head-to-head verdict pending — one side of this corridor is still unverified. To be confirmed · OPEN-1
Run the numbers yourself with the fare finder — including the early-bird tiers that can flip this corridor. Booking mechanics: THSR guide · TRA guide.
THSR Standard reservedReserved · 300 km/h
Banqiao → Kaohsiung (Zuoying)
observed 126 min on all-stop 8813 (Banqiao 08:19 → Zuoying 10:25) · 2h 06m
NT$1,460one-way, full fareBook on THSR official site
Foreign passport booking OK
TRA Tze-Chiang 自強Regular rail · city-centre stations
Banqiao → Kaohsiung (Zuoying)
To be confirmed · OPEN-1To be confirmed · OPEN-1How TRA booking works
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