There are 8 ways to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Miaoli
best- Take the train from 湖口 to 豐富train 山線
- Take the train from 苗栗 to 左營train 臺灣高鐵線
3h 29m$33–39Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hsinchu Station to Taichung Hero Housebus 1620
- Take the bus from Taichung Station to Kaohsiung Stationbus 1872
6h$15–21Drive 291.3 km
- Drive from Hukou to Kaohsiungcar 291.3 km
3h 8m$27–39Train to Taipei Songshan Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Take the train from 湖口 to 臺北train
- Fly from Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane TSA - KHH
4h 59m$116–707Train
- Take the train from 新竹 to 高雄train 山線 / ...
3h 40m$15–23Train #2
- Take the train from 湖口 to 高雄train 山線 / ...
5h 31m$15–23Train to Taichung Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Take the train from 湖口 to 沙鹿train
- Fly from Taichung Airport (RMQ) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane RMQ - KHH
5h 22m$107–311Train to Taipei Songshan Airport, fly to Tainan Airport, train
- Take the train from 湖口 to 臺北train
- Fly from Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) to Tainan Airport (TNN)plane TSA - TNN
- Take the train from 臺南 to 高雄train
6h 7m$153–228
Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung is to bus which costs $14 - $22 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung is to drive which takes 3h 8m and costs $26 - $40.
No, there is no direct bus from Hukou station to Kaohsiung station. However, there are services departing from Hsinchu Station and arriving at Kaohsiung Station via Taichung Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from 湖口 and arriving at 高雄. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 31m.
The distance between Hukou and Kaohsiung is 295 km. The road distance is 291.3 km.
The best way to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung without a car is to train via Miaoli which takes 3h 29m and costs $30 - $40.
It takes approximately 3h 29m to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung, including transfers.
Hukou to Kaohsiung bus services, operated by U Bus, depart from Hsinchu Station.
Hukou to Kaohsiung train services, operated by Taiwan Railway, depart from 湖口 station.
The best way to get from Hukou to Kaohsiung is to train via Miaoli which takes 3h 29m and costs $30 - $40. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $14 - $22 and takes 6h.
What companies run services between Hukou, Taiwan and Kaohsiung, Taiwan?
You can take a train from 湖口 to Formosa Boulevard Station via 豐富, 苗栗, 左營, and THSR Zuoying Station in around 3h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a train from 湖口 to Kaohsiung Station via 新竹, Hsinchu Station, Taichung Hero House, and Taichung Station in around 6h.
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Penghu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–150
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Kinmen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–150
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Penghu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–220
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Kinmen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–420
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Tainan Airport via Kinmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–390
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Tainan Airport via Penghu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- mandarin-airlines.com
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Penghu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–160
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Kinmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–160
Flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Nangan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–160
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Penghu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–260
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Kinmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hualien
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Taichung Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Phone
- 0800-765-888
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
Train from 湖口 to 豐富
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $2–4
Train from 湖口 to 臺北
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $3–5
Train from 新竹 to 高雄
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $14–22
Train from 湖口 to 高雄
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $15–23
Train from 湖口 to 沙鹿
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $5–8
Train from 湖口 to 臺北
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $3–5
Train from 臺南 to 高雄
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $2–4
Train from 苗栗 to 左營
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–35
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $30–34
- Standard
- $30–35
- Business
- $55
- Phone
- 0800-676676
- Website
- ubus.com.tw
Bus from Hsinchu Station to Taichung Hero House
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- ubus.com.tw
- Book at
- ordertickets.ubus.com.tw
- Phone
- 0800 010 138
- [email protected]
- Website
- 12go.asia
Bus from Taichung Station to Kaohsiung Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- taiwanbus.tw
- Adult
- $9–13
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Booking & Getting There
Hukou to Kaohsiung bus services, operated by U Bus, arrive at Taichung Hero House station.
Hukou to Kaohsiung train services, operated by Taiwan Railway, arrive at 豐富 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hukou to Kaohsiung is 291 km. It takes approximately 3h 8m to drive from Hukou to Kaohsiung.
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