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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.

TicketFare
THSR — Standard reservedNT$1,460
THSR — Non-reserved 自由座 stand if fullNT$1,415
THSR — BusinessNT$2,390
THSR — Early-bird 35% tier booked aheadNT$945
THSR — Early-bird 20% tierNT$1,165
THSR — Early-bird 10% tierNT$1,310
TRA — 自強 Tze-Chiang expressTo be confirmed · OPEN-1

BZ-1 (high) · BZ-2 (high) · BZ-3 (high) · BZ-4 (high)

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 Everything else stays unpublished.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 serviceobservedobserved 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-1
To be confirmed · OPEN-1How TRA booking works

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