Taiwan Tourist Shuttle Service

Taicung, Gancheng Station -> Xitou  192$
High Speed Rail Taichung Station -> Xitou  163$

1. Ticket counter
Nantou Bus ticket counter at Taichung Gancheng Station: +886-4-22256418
Nantou Bus ticket counter at THSR station: +886-4-36018665
2.Ticket on Bus We accept: cash, easy card, ipass, icash
3.Ticket Network
Nantou Bus https://ntbus.welcometw.com/tour/listAll?category=030

1. There are full tickets and half tickets. All day return tickets are offered at discount prices already. Apologize for no further discount.
2. Half tickets are available to:
(1)Senior citizens at the age of 65 or above, with ROC ID cards or Senior Citizen Cards
(2)Holders of Disabled Cards. Must ride with a guardian or a partner.
(3) Children below 12 years old at height of 115cm and below 150cm can purchase half tickets with valid IDs.
3.Free:
Children at the height of 115cm or below or children below 6 years old but at the height above 115cm are allowed to ride on the buses free with valid IDs. They are allowed to occupy seats. But they must be accompanied by adults with valid tickets. Each adults with valid ticket are allowed to take two children that are eligible to ride on the buses free. All children exceeding the requirements must purchase half tickets.

Nantou County Government Tourist Develop Department Tel:+886-49-2243971

Nantou Bus:+886-49-2984031

Chang Hua Bus:+886-47-225111

Yuanlin Bus:

Service Hour: 09:00~17:00

Notice for Taiwan Tourist Shuttle – Xitou route passengers:
1 Only price concession is provided for return tickets and ticket packages, no priority is given for boarding or seating. Passengers are required to collect a number card from the station staff and board the bus in sequence. (Relevant regulations apply to buses specified by THSR joint tickets)
2 Please be patient if there are a large number of passengers and follow the station staff’s instruction to wait for your bus.
3 The bus is susceptible to delays due to heavy traffic and congestion in Xitou during the holidays, thank you for your understanding.
4 If you are unable to take the last bus, please apply for a refund from the Xitou Station staff or Nantou Bus.
Return trip (departing from Gancheng Station and THSR station)
1 Please collect a number card from the station staff on the day of your journey and board the bus in sequence.
2 Some of the buses do not stop at Taichung Train Station, Minxing Park, Daqing Train Station; the number of reserved seats available at various stations is announced on site.
Return trip (departing from Xitou Station) – Implemented from June 16, 2015
1 The number card from Xitou to Taichung is only valid for the day, please collect it personally from the ticketing window in Xitou. Please do not collect number cards repeatedly or on behalf of others in order to ensure that the number card is available for other passengers as well.
2 Passengers intending to take the bus before 12:00 (excluding 12:00) must stand by at the scene and do not need to collect a number card.
3 Passengers intending to take the bus after 12:00 are required to collect a number card at the counter after disembarking.
4 Reserved seats are available for each bus for passengers standing by at the scene, please follow the station staff’s instructions and board the bus in sequence.
5 Since the number of buses is limited, if you are unable to take the Taiwan Tourist Shuttle Xitou route, please transfer to another route by following the station staff’s instructions.

THSR joint ticket
1. The first bus bound for Xitou leaves Gancheng Station in Taichung at 09:00. Each day, 20 seats are reserved for passengers traveling on the 09:20 bus specified by the THSR joint ticket. Passengers can board the bus from Taichung Train Station, Minxing Park, and Daqing Train Station.
2. Passengers who do not board the bus at the specified time will have to collect a number card from the service staff and join the queue on site to take another bus.
3. Passengers traveling from Xitou to Taichung and back must collect a number card at Xitou Station, and follow the return journey regulation implemented on June 16, 2015 (departing from Xitou Station).