There are two types of railway companies in Taiwan, one is Taiwan High Speed Rail and the other is Taiwan Railway. I walked around the island. If you don’t have many holidays and you want to visit Taiwan, I suggest you take Taiwan’s high-speed rail, which is very convenient from south to north.
First of all, let’s start with the ticket booking. We can find a 20% discount on one-way tickets for Taiwan’s high-speed rail on the website. http://www.g2rail.com/product-detail/taiwan-high-speed-rail-one-way-tickets
After comparing it, the price on this website is indeed 20% lower than the official website, and I have sold tickets from other railway companies on this website before, so I bought it soon without hesitation.
In the last step of the reservation, they will convert NT dollars into RMB. You can use Alipay, WeChat, or credit card to settle the payment. It is quite convenient. After the reservation is over, you will receive an electronic ticket. There is a ticket collection number. Get ready to go to Taiwan now.
Before departure, you must first go to the ticket office and show the ticket number on the e-ticket. It should be noted that Taiwan’s train tickets can be divided into free seats and reserved seats. If you don’t care, you can choose free Seats, Taiwan’s high-speed rail itself is free seats by default. If you think you want to reserve a seat, you can also tell the conductor to reserve a seat for you when exchanging tickets. Seat reservations are free.
This is what the ticket you get looks like, he will give you a small book, and then, there will be your ticket on it, I asked, I can’t buy a 20% discount ticket on the spot, see It can only be booked on this website.
Then we have to look at which platform the train departs from on the display screen. Since we are not locals in Taiwan, we cannot use the automatic gates when entering the station, but have to check manually , probably because I bought a 20% discount ticket, so they have to check it carefully, because they can't let Taiwanese locals take advantage of this loophole.
Next to the automatic gate, there will always be a Taiwan high-speed rail train staff to perform manual ticket checking. At this time, you must also show your passport.
You can also take a look inside the turnstile to confirm which platform you are on again.
Both the exterior and interior of the carriage will clearly indicate whether it is a reserved seat or a non-reserved seat. I am a free traveler, so of course I choose a free seat. :)
The high-speed rail seats here are not much different from those on the mainland, and they look very clean.
I quickly found a place to put my luggage.
Then I searched again, is there any WiFi?
Going through the turnstile when getting off the bus is the same as getting on the bus. Find the service staff next to you, and he will stamp your ticket for you. Of course, don’t forget to show your passport.
In this way, I happily completed my first high-speed rail experience. Taiwan’s high-speed rail departs very densely. For example, from Taipei to Kaohsiung, there will be a train every 20 minutes to 30 minutes, and there is only one hour 45 in the middle. minutes or so. If you only have two or three days in Taipei and want to go to other places in Taiwan to play high-speed rail, it is really a good choice. On the website mentioned above, you can really book a 20% off ticket, but you can’t buy it locally, so everyone should remember that website.
