Taipei Transportation

Very convenient, comfortable and clean way to get around the city.

Note that no food/drink, including gum or betel nut chewing, is allowed.

Slightly more expensive than the bus, but it's well worth the extra $$ to take the MRT if you can, as you can't really get lost with the MRT.

All signs in the MRT system are written in both English and Chinese, which is not common in Taiwan.

The Taipei bus system is undergoing a period of rapid change in the run-up to the millenium.

As new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines come into service, many new bus routes are being added, and a few old ones are either being shut down, shortened, or altered.

The ability to transfer to and from the MRT lines by bus is becoming an important factor in the success of the MRT. Travelers can't take advantage of the speedy new MRT lines unless they can conveniently get to and from stations.

Join Discover Taipei as it makes the Taipei Transfer and examines how the city bus system got this way and where it's going in the future..

Each MRT station has a feeder bus serving it. Most bus routes serve a single MRT station, but some serve 2-3 stations. The red line has 21 feeder bus routes serving its 21 stations, for example, while the brown line has 8 serving its 12 stations.

Feeder buses run from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm. They are scheduled to arrive every 10-15 minutes during rush hours, and every 20 minutes off-peak.

Like regular city bus routes, the feeder route bus routes are split between private and TCG bus companies. In some cases, these new feeder bus routes have been allocated as a form of compensation to bus companies that are losing ridership due to the MRT, which is estimated to have decreased bus ridership by 20-30 percent since the MRT started going on-line in 1996.

There is a brochure available for each MRT line, showing its system of feeder buses. The brochures include maps of each bus route, a map of the MRT line, the route numbers of the feeder buses and regular city buses serving each station, frequency of buses, etc. Unfortunately, the brochures are only available in Chinese so far.

In quite a short time, Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, is developping a network of 4 conventional mainly underground metro lines and 1 automated elevated light rail metro line to relieve the city from traffic congestion. Although previously shown as separate lines, the red, green and orange lines are now operated jointly. Green labelled trains from Tamshui run through to Hsintien, and orange labelled trains from Peitou run trough to Nanshih Chiao. The section between Peitou and Hsin Peitou is now operated as a branch by single EMU's from 7:00 to 21:00 because of noise problems. In the early mornings and in the evenings service is provided by a free shuttle bus. In 2000, different routes were also assigned numbers to improve orientation.
Tamshui Line - 23 km - 20 stations, partly underground, following former railway route (now northern branch of Line 1 and Line 2)

Hsintien Line - 10.5 km - 11 stations, underground, along Roosevelt and Peishin Roads (now Line 1 south).

Hsimen - C.K.S. Memorial Hall opened 31 Aug. 2000 (Line 6 now operating as a shuttle with one intermediate station, Hsiao Nanmen).

Chungho Line - 5.5 km - 4 stations, all underground, along Chungho and Yungho road, under the Hsintien River (now Line 2 south).

Blue Line (Pannan Line or Nankang-Panchiao-Tucheng Line) - 28 km- 24 stations, underground, along Chunghua and Chunghsiao Roads, Hoping West Rd. and Wenhua Rd., cross the river Hsintien in a tunnel (now Line 3).

Mucha Line - 11 km - 12 stations, elevated, rubber tyred, fully automated VAL type line, stations have side platforms and screen doors.

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... not real fruit, though. They are advertisement on post/column, featuring different kinds of fruit by a beverage company. You'll find it at many MRT stations. MRT is the cheapest & most convenient means of transportation for tourists in Taipei, just like other big cities in Asia

Driving Directions: Going north on the Sun Yat-sen Freeway, exit at BinJiang Street in Taipei, turn left at the end of the exit ramp, turn left after a few meters and cross the DaZhi Bridge. At the end of the bridge, turn right and proceed to the traffic circle, which will take you to Z-Qiang Tunnel. Passing through the tunnel, continue on GuGong Road until the T-intersection with ZhiShan Road, then turn right. After a few moments, you will see a municipal parking lot on your right and the entrance to the Museum on the left.
Driving south on the Sun Yat-sen Freeway, take the Neihu exit, turn left onto the expressway, and proceed to Section 1 of NeiHu Road. Continue to the traffic circle and proceed as above.
From Taipei's eastern district (Keelung Road), take the ZhengQi Bridge to the TiDing Boulevard, then turn left on NeiHu Road, proceed to the Z-Qiang Tunnel, and continue as above.
From Taipei's northern districts (Shihlin and Peitou), take ZhongShan Road or WenLin Road to ZhongZheng Road, turn left, and proceed to the intersection of ZhiShan Road, which will take you past GuGong Road and to the Museum area as indicated above.

Free Museum Parking:
The grounds of the National Palace Museum include; 178 parking spaces for passenger cars,
87 parking spaces for motorcycles,
2 parking spaces for vehicles of the physically challenged,
but no parking spaces for large vehicles.

Taipei Municipal Pay Parking:
Parking across from the Museum under the authority of the Taipei Parking Bureau includes; 37 parking spaces for large vehicles at NT$100 per use,
116 parking spaces for passenger cars at NT$50 per use.

Visiting by Taipei City Bus
Bus No.
Route Name
Stop Name

Red 30
MRT Shihlin Station-National Palace Museum
National Palace Museum
Museum Plaza


213
Shuanghsi-DaZhi
National Palace Museum

255
Shuanghsi Community-Beimen
National Palace Museum

304
National Palace Museum-Yungho
National Palace Museum

Minibus 18
Shihlin-Sage Waterfall
National Palace Museum

Minibus 19
Shihlin-P'ingteng Ward
National Palace Museum


Visiting by MRT
Get off the Tamsui Line at the Shih-lin Station
Bus 304 will take you directly up to the Museum building entrance. Or take bus 255, Red 30, Minibus 18, Minibus 19, or Culture Bus 101 and get off at the base of the Museum plaza.

Bus: Take bus 15, 18, 37, 106, 208, 236, 248, 251, 252, 261, 291 to CKS Memorial Hall, or 0 E, Hsinyi Line, 20, 22, 38, 204, 209, 249, 263, 270, 294, or S 3 to the intersection of Linsen S. Rd.
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My compliments to the airport-personel that guided us quickly and safely from our arrival-place to our leaving-place. It seemed that we would miss our connection to Hong Kong as for the delay on the flight from Narita-airport - Tokyo. We however managed to get on the next airplane, so thanks to the guys that made it happen.