Taichung City Bus

Taichung City Bus ( or so called ) is managed by the Transportation Bureau, Taichung City Government in Taichung City, Taiwan. This includes bus routes 1–989 which are operated by different bus companies. There're currently 275 bus routes, covering every districts. The main part of the network provides bus service in downtown area, some other routes connect different districts, and the others serve residents in rural or remote area.

Fares The fares are calculated by mileage per ride for cash. The basic fare is NT$20 for 10 km, and the extended fare is NT$2.431*(1+5% tax included) per km and round to the nearest integer. Paid by cash is from NT$20 while paid by card is from NT$15. Pay by card will have promotion on maximum fare to only NT$60 regardless on distance.

There are also Taichung TPASS or Central Taiwan TPASS (within Taichung City, Changhua County, Nantou County, and Miaoli County) which allow unlimited ride for all public transport within 30 days.https://www.taichung-go.tw/en/about-ticket/index/1

From 1 June 2011 to 30 June 2015, taking buses whose route numbers are under 300 with any of four sorts of electronic tickets (including EasyCard (悠遊卡)and I Pass (一卡通), could benefit from a free ride below 8 kilometers.Transportation Bureau-City Bus Fare From July 1, 2015, the same benefit extended from 8 km to 10 km, and the range of route numbers are no longer under 300. On Jan. 1, 2021, the double-ten city bus commuting offer “a free ride for less than 10 km + NT$10 at most for a ride above 10 km”. This special offer is provided to those who are registered citizens of Taichung City and their foreign spouses and students studying at schools below the university level in Taichung, regardless of their citizenship.

Benefit for students whom study below university grade in Taichung will become unavailable when they reach the expected date of leaving school.

Eligible residents and students will need apply for Citizen Exclusive Ride Code.https://www.taichung-go.tw/en/about-citizen/index

Currently there are some routes are pre booking which is free of charge such as Yellow taxi routes.

Operators

+ List of Taichung City Bus providers NameTranslated nameNumber of routes running (May 2017 data)Total running mileage in kilometer (May 2017 data)Number of vehicles in service (May 2017 data)Date established Date joining Taichung City Bus networkDate leaving Taichung City Bus network臺中汽車客運股份有限公司台中客運Taichung Bus Company, Ltd.Taichung Bus641,454.50 4071 January 195818 February 1958統聯汽車客運股份有限公司統聯客運United Highway Bus Company LimitedUbus25489.33 3006 September 19891 August 2002巨業交通股份有限公司巨業交通Geya Bus TransportationGeya Bus26582.32657 March 19741 March 2004全航汽車客運股份有限公司全航客運Chuan Hang Bus Company LimitedChuan Hang Bus9174.0059199820 March 2004豐原汽車客運股份有限公司豐原客運Fengyuan Bus Transportation Co., Ltd.Fengyuan Bus881958.1022922 October 19451 January 2010和欣汽車客運股份有限公司和欣客運HO-HSIN BUS TRAFFIC CO., LTD.Ho Hsin Bus230.601615 December 19991 January 201129 February 20121 March 2013東南汽車客運股份有限公司東南客運Southeast Bus Company LimitedSoutheast Bus6123.704218 June 20021 November 2011豐榮汽車客運股份有限公司豐榮客運Green Transit Co., Ltd.Green TransitGreen Transit 465.822515 August 19681 October 2012苗栗汽車客運股份有限公司苗栗客運MiaoLi Transportation Co., Ltd.Miaoli Bus350.604193510 December 2012中台灣客運股份有限公司中台灣客運Central Taiwan Bus Company LimitedCentral Taiwan Bus/CTbus20481.0810124 September 201227 December 2012中鹿汽車客運股份有限公司中鹿客運Zhonglu Bus3124.401915 December 19991 October 2016總達客運股份有限公司總達客運Allday Bus18.00519987 March 2017國光汽車客運股份有限公司國光客運Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation Company Ltd.Kingbus240.301015 June 200126 May 2017梨山社區發展協會Lishan Community Development AssociationDec 2021雙崎社區發展協會Shuangqi Community Development AssociationApril 2025建明汽車客運股份有限公司Free Go Bus50Nov 199211 Nov 2018睿奕交通股份有限公司Ruiyi Transportation Co., Ltd130209 February 202317 October 2023怡美車隊Yimei TaxiSeptember 19631 April 2017台灣大車隊Taiwan Taxi20011 January 2021 Chang Hua BusNantou Bus

Former operators

See also List of bus routes in Taichung Transportation in Taichung

References

External links Taichung Dynamic Bus Information & Transit System

Taichung City Bus

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