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City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

3 ways to the airport

Be at your airline's check-in counter two to three hours before departure. First departures

Recommended

20 minutes quicker than the Bus 1819 to Taipei Bus Station (sold from NT$133), for up to NT$27 more.

Airport MRT express to Taipei Main Station

Express Train · Taoyuan Metro Corporation
35 min rideEvery 15 min05:30–23:00
Taipei Main Station (A1)Airport Terminal 1 station
Non-stop
NT$160total for 1 adultNT$160 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Taipei Main Station (A1), the Airport MRT station by Civic Boulevard

NT$160 by token, EasyCard, iPASS or contactless card, the same as the commuter train. Under-sixes ride free with a paying adult.

Hours. From Taipei Main Station every 15 minutes, 06:00 to 23:00, plus an early train at 05:30; Terminal 2 is four minutes after Terminal 1.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Train

Airport MRT commuter train to Taipei Main Station

Commuter Train · Taoyuan Metro Corporation
49 min rideEvery 15 min06:08–23:38
Taipei Main Station (A1)Airport Terminal 1 station
Non-stop
NT$160total for 1 adultNT$160 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Taipei Main Station (A1), the Airport MRT station by Civic Boulevard

NT$160 by token, EasyCard, iPASS or contactless card, the same as the express. Under-sixes ride free with a paying adult.

Hours. From Taipei Main Station every 15 minutes, 06:08 to 23:38, every day.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Bus

Bus 1819 to Taipei Bus Station

1819 · Kuo-Kuang Motor Transport
55 min rideEvery 40 minRuns all night
Taipei Bus StationTerminal 1
Non-stop24-hour service
from NT$133total for 1 adultfrom NT$133 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Taipei Bus Station, beside Taipei Main Station

NT$133 on a four-across coach, NT$164 on a three-across one; half fare NT$66 or NT$82.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Welcome Pickups transfer to Taipei. Every way from Taoyuan airport into Taipei

How do I get from Taipei to Taoyuan airport?

For one traveler the Airport MRT express to Taipei Main Station is the way we recommend: NT$160 in total, 35 min, boarding at Taipei Main Station (A1). The first one leaves at 05:30 and is at the airport by about 06:05; the last leaves at 23:00. Be at your airline's check-in counter two to three hours before departure, as the airport advises, and allow extra time for the train.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Bus 1819 to Taipei Bus Station

Any hour.

Airport MRT express to Taipei Main Station

First 05:30 from Taipei Main Station (A1), at the airport by about 06:05.

Airport MRT commuter train to Taipei Main Station

First 06:08 from Taipei Main Station (A1), at the airport by about 06:57.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Before you leave for Taoyuan Airport

From the centre to each way out
How early to be there

Be at your airline's check-in counter two to three hours before departure, as the airport advises, and allow extra time for the train.

At the station

Flying China Airlines, Mandarin, EVA Air, Uni Air, Cathay Pacific or STARLUX? Check in and drop bags at Taipei Main Station's Airport MRT station, 06:00 to 21:30, at least three hours before a same-day flight.

Questions

When is the first Airport MRT express to Taipei Main Station from Taipei Main Station (A1)?

05:30. It reaches the airport at about 06:05.

How early should I be at Taoyuan airport?

Be at your airline's check-in counter two to three hours before departure, as the airport advises, and allow extra time for the train.

Where does the Bus 1819 to Taipei Bus Station leave from in Taipei?

Taipei Bus Station, beside Taipei Main Station.

Arriving instead? Every way from Taoyuan airport into Taipei
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